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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9652
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/health

Survey charts doctors' use of information technology

Brussels, 28/04/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 25 April, the European Commission published a pan-European survey on electronic services in healthcare (eHealth) that shows 87% of European general practitioners use a computer, 48% with a broadband connection. Doctors in Europe increasingly store and send patient information, such as lab reports, electronically. Through such eHealth applications, doctors and medical services have already improved healthcare in Europe through, for example,...

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