Tender: economic impact of interoperable electronic health record and ePrescription in Europe The European Commission's Directorate General for the Information Society and Media has issued a call for tenders for a study on the economic impact of interoperable electronic health record and e-prescription in Europe. The subject of the contract is provision of a study on ... The European Commission's Directorate General for the Information Society and Media has issued a call for tenders for a study on the economic impact of interoperable electronic health record and e-prescription in Europe. The subject of the contract is provision of a study on economic aspects of e-health in general and more specifically in relation to electronic health records and e-prescribing solutions. The specific goals of the study are: - to identify practices that represent best practices - both at a general level and particularly in economic terms - in terms of the implementation of interoperable electronic health records and e-prescription in Europe; 2) to apply state-of-the-art evaluation methodologies and approaches focusing on efficiency and economic benefits in the implementation of electronic health records and e-prescription solutions; 3) to apply the chosen methods to a limited number of sites (approximately 10) - within the secondary care sphere, hospitals or regional health networks in a range of Member States, analyse, and present the findings.For further information, please contact: European Commission Directorate-General for the Information Society and Media Attn: Mr Octavian Purcarea BU 31 06/26 B-1049 Brussels Tel: +32 2 299 89 65 Fax: +32 2 295 13 00 E-mail: INFSO-H1@ec.europa.eu To see the full details of the call, please consult the following web address: http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:122426-2007:TEXT:EN:HTML
