Efficient and reliable patient identify management will be an essential element in making the benefits of integrated care a reality. The report stresses the pivotal role that being able to verify health identities will play in...[more]

The Integrated Care Alliance is a dedicated group of multi-stakeholders’ experts working together to providedirection, advice, and guidance for integrated care schemes. The goal is to strengthen and expand integrated,sustainable...[more]

Blockchain technology may have considerable potential in healthcare.COCIR believes that there is a number of interesting use cases where blockchain represents a potential advance or opportunity, including reimbursement of...[more]

COCIR is happy to share its Digital Health Roadmap as a contribution to the Blueprint initiative, championed by COCIR and other digital health stakeholders. This paper offers a high-level overview of a potential technical roadmap...[more]

Joint COCIR- IHE Europe - PCHAlliance paper This paper provides health policy makers with the tools to build a productive partnership with their IT teams to jointly develop a successful integrated care model. It will also help...[more]

It is feasible to create shared and dynamic care workflows for Integrated Care teams that respond to clinical and operational changes, optimise the sequence and timing of required actions across organisational boundaries and...[more]

Big Data refers to datasets with sizes is greater than standard databases. New technology, enhanced connectivity and mobility makes it possible to combine diverse and widely distributed data sources into a combined “data lake”....[more]

Since 1996, COCIR has closely monitored the ageing of medical imaging equipment and distributed the findings through various publications.This publication is providing an executive summary of the findings based on data collected...[more]

In September 2016, COCIR relaunched its  Strategic Research Agenda, that aims at creating awareness of COCIR Industries Contribution to European Health & Wealth. [more]

The  report sets out a series of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) offering the potential to measure the performance and impact of Managed Services . Equally importantly, the KPIs identified in the report can provide...[more]

In June 2016, COCIR published the new paper Realising the Potential of mHealth: Where Do We Stand?[more]

Cloud Computing has the potential to modernise healthcare delivery, increase efficiency and reduce costs by pooling IT resources. In June 2016, COCIR published the new paper Leveraging Cloud Computing For Healthcare. Under...[more]

This partnership is part of the sustained effort initiated by the VOKA health community a year ago, to accelerate mHealth adoption in Belgium and boost large-scale deployments through concerted action and multi-stakeholder...[more]

At the High level eHealth conference organised by the Latvian Ministry of Health and the Latvian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, COCIR launched the 5th edition of its eHealth Toolkit, focusing on Integrated Care...[more]

On 30 September 2014  COCIR released its recommendations for the EU institutions on how to improve healthcare in Europe, promoting the importance of the medical technology sector in driving efficiency and productivity of...[more]