title: Why one healthcare IT market in Europe is essential.
abstract: The successful international interoperability programme, IHE, should be the model to use for a Europe-wide ehealth solution. This is advocated by COCIR, the European Coordination Committee of the Radiological, Electromedical and Healthcare IT Industry, which also calls on the European Commission to support this industry initiative.
authors.affiliation: IT Committee, COCIR, Brussels, Belgium. kees.smedema@philips.com
authors.forename: Kees
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Smedema
mesh_terms: D005060:Europe; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000592:standards*