The country has since adopted e-voting, an e-health system and introduced the ability to sign documents using an electronic signature.
NGOs, scientific organizations and private companies specialised in telemedicine and e-health scientific research, space applications, economics and development participated in the discussion.
While early FTTH services were concentrated in cities, said Mr Helsen, many more were reaching out to rural areas for e-health and e-learning projects.
The members of the E-Health Research Initiative who are jointly funding the four centres include Arthritis Research UK, the British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, the Medical Research Council and the Wellcome Trust.
One lesson emerging from these various experiments is that the visible face of any mHealth or e-health scheme, regardless of where it operates, needs to be as simple and user-friendly as possible, whereas the hidden back end should use sophisticated software and hardware.
Such networks are already revolutionizing inventory control and fleet management, and are set to play a growing role in key social sectors like healthcare, through e-health applications, education, through remote learning and teacher training, and environmental management through applications like smart grids, monitoring systems and smart buildings.
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Since last September OnStar has been offering GM owners a monthly e-mail message summarizing the health of their vehicles based on 1, 600 diagnostic checks done remotely.
Each health coach works with patients in person, by phone, by e-mail to help them manage their health.
Asked to respond to Potter's accusation, the director of strategic communications at America's Health Insurance Plans, Robert Zirkelbach, acknowledged in an e-mail Wednesday that the group opposes some aspects of Democratic health care proposals.
These include telecommunications, e-commerce, financial services, health care, real estate, automotive, and travel.
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Its chief actuary, Bob Yee, claimed in his e-mail that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was set to shutter the entire CLASS office.
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All that e-mailing could be bad for your health, particularly if you're using a laptop computer.
That said it is far too early for any declaration that e-cigs are completely benign for our health.
But in the mobile age, it's easier to share intimate pieces of information like photos and videos, as well as equally sensitive information such as e-mail passwords, banking logins, health insurance identification and Social Security numbers.
Both OnStar and SYNC subscribers, for example, can receive regular e-mails with details of their vehicles' health.
The publication covers a range of key areas, such as legal, social, economic, health and environment implications of e-waste.
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Again, these reports do not represent any conclusion by the FDA about whether the product is responsible for a health problem, Ward said in an e-mail.
The second point to consider is that since nicotine is an aid to maintaining a healthy weight, why are alleged health campaigners banning products like snus and e-cigarettes which not only get people off cigarettes but could control their weight as well?
The success of e-cigarettes could soon hit some obstacles, however, with health regulators preparing new restrictions on the products and state legislatures considering taxing them.
Again, these reports do not represent any conclusion by the FDA about whether the product is responsible for a health problem, Ward said in a March e-mail.
They think about how to use the insurance money to maybe install electronic health records with colleagues, or provide easier phone and e-mail access, or offer expanded hours.
Ray Story, chief executive of the Tobacco Vapor Electronic Cigarette Association, warned that tax rises on e-cigarettes would only benefit tobacco companies, to the detriment of public health.
In an e-mail, Campanella said he bases this rough estimate on the 2006 Louisiana Health and Population Survey.
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In fact, a 2005 study by Harvard University showed that 75% of medically-related bankruptcies occur for people who have health insurance, i.e. the underinsured.
Because she will be selling packaged foods in her store (e.g. chips and pop-tarts), she also has to get a health department license and inspection.
On Monday Health Secretary Alan Johnson said Mr Brown had had nothing to do with the e-mails and could not be held responsible for the actions of every person who worked for him.
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