The Belgian Health Telematics Commission (BHTC) is a Belgian government

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working on standards for exchanging and sharing of health information, between health care participants. The committee provides advice on

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to the

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. Professor

Georges De Moor Professor Emeritus Georges J. E. De Moor (born 25 August 1953, Ostend, Belgium) is a Belgium, Belgian Medical Doctor, Clinical Pathologist and has been head of the Department of Health Informatics and Medical Statistics of the University of Ghen ...

is head of the committee. The BHTC consists of several working groups: * Data *

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s * Telemedicine * Label:

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of (para)

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, together with Jos Devlies and Geert Thienpont, authored the 2006 ''eHealth strategy and implementation activities in Belgium'' report.eHealth strategy and implementation activities in Belgium

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Telematics Commission

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Telematics Standards in relation to the Health Sector
(PDF, advice) Health informatics organizations Medical and health organisations based in Belgium

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