European healthcare projects agree on common computer language

14:15 18th August 2009

Two European healthcare projects have agreed to unite healthcare information by using matching computer languages.

The TEN4Health and NetC@rds eEHIC ID cross-border projects have agreed on common messaging standards, which could help medics quickly find patient information, ICT Results has reported.

Funded by the European Union, the common internet services will use a web-services description language, while messaging will be served with XML.

While studying on networking and programming courses, students who may have recently changed careers will have to master several computer languages.

ICT Results noted that a source close to the project explained its importance: "With this agreement, we are paving the way for a European standard supporting the necessary communication and data exchange processes for cross-border healthcare in Europe."

New Zealand's group manager at the ministry of health's information strategy and architecture group, Zoran Bolevich, has said it needed to speed up its drive toward healthcare interoperability, Computerworld has reported.

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