On 8th of March 2012, the European project for exchanging healthcare data (epSOS) entered its pilot operational phase. Healthcare professionals can now access services in their own languages, such as patient summaries and electronic prescriptions for patients who are staying in a foreign country. In France, this project has been implemented by ASIP Santé...

From 6 to 9 February, as part of its sponsorship agreement with IHE International (Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise), a not-for-profit organisation promoting the use of standards in the field of e-health, ASIP Santé hosted the meetings of three technical committees working on the definition of profiles for standards to facilitate the structuring and sharing of electronic healthcare data – work essential to the development of the electronic health record...