“A plethora of devices and applications, some converging from the consumer electronics world, are coming onto the market and are being recommended by doctors and health insurers to help us all monitor our health and wellness. These tools, called “personal health systems” (PHS), are a key element of the growth of eHealth in Europe. Their full benefit can only be realised if they are interoperable – that is, if a device from one vendor works easily and seamlessly with other eHealth applications.
In order to let Europe reap the full benefit of personal health systems, health stakeholders must understand and support the range of challenges in facilitating the interoperability personal health systems, across technical to organisational and legal aspects.”
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eHealthServer, 16 February 2010
