It is a real pleasure to announce the opening of the English version of "Epidemiology - France" Portal.

The flags on the upper right hand side of the website can be used to access this new version.

The health databases listed in the catalogue are currently in French. However, over the next weeks and months, these will include versions in both French and English.

The contributors can, if they wish, complete the English version in their workspace.

In the framework of the project of the platform for the utilization of medical-administrative databases, ITMO Public Health is looking for an operations manager.

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Every year, the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS) continues its commitment to public health on the whole territory. 2012 has been an extremely rich year, both in terms of monitoring indicators and of modernization of its surveillance and organization system.

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E-health covers a wide range of applications, from telemedicine to electronic health record (e-data), including prevention or chronic diseases follow-up.

This document focus on e-data and their utilization, which raises central questions concerning personal data confidentiality, IT infrastructures management, digital switchover and health and research workers responsibilities. A panorama as complete as possible is introduced, including actors of the health field, strategies, financing, IT infrastructures and research centers, as well as ethical, security, questions, regulation and management.

Author: MOUCHOT Claire

French embassy in the UK - 18 pages - 01/09/2013

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