Projects abroad  WIDENET

WIDENET project was performed from 2000 to 2003. The mission was to promote the adoption and extended use of Standardised Electronic Health Care Records and the required infrastructure. The project aimed to provide a sound and effective instrument for promoting and attaining such requirements. The plan was to form a European Institute for Healthcare Records and Management that would represent the permanent network of National Centres and provide quality and affordable added value services to the European market. Doing this fulfilled calls from the European Parliament, the Council of Ministers, the Commission, and the Council of Europe. There was also an important goal dealing with the collaboration with strategic bodies (CEN, ISO, EC IST programme, EHTEL, WHO and national/international initiatives) to ensure that the “European convergence” was appropriately conducted according to their guidance and standards.