The European Medicines Agency today unveiled its new corporate website at http://www.ema.europa.eu/. The site has been completely redesigned and rebuilt to optimize usability for the Agency's key online audiences and build on existing activities to improve openness and transparency.
The Agency website now receives an average of half a million unique visits per month and is a key resource for patients, healthcare professionals, regulators and those interested in the regulation and safety of medicines in the European Union.
Some of the website’s new features include:
* Quick medicine searches: Allows you to search for human and veterinary medicines by name and active substance and for herbal medicinal substances by name * An online library: Enables you to search for all Agency documents currently online through a search on title and date published online. * Improved navigation: More intuitive labelling and improved organisation of content so that browsing is quicker for all audience groups * Audience landing pages: Flags information of specific value to different key users * Online calendar and news search: Allows you to keep up to date with the latest news and events at the Agency * RSS feeds: Brings information straight to you as soon as it is published online.
Through 2010 and 2011 the Agency will continue to work on improving the website by increasing the use of multimedia and improving search functionalities.
This project has been undertaken by MEPS to give health professionals a means of communicating medication instructions to people that they have no language in common with and / or who may be illiterate. MEPS members provide emergency relief and humanitarian aid relief where such a means of communication may well be required.
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Out of the 27 questions asked, the most important were:
* Is there a hospital pharmacists’ specialization exactly called “Specialization in hospital pharmacy” or such a specialization under a different name?
* Are there other specialist qualifications suitable for hospital pharmacists?
* When there is a specialist qualification for hospital pharmacists, is it compulsory for all pharmacists working in hospital pharmacy?
* What advantage is there to a pharmacist obtaining a specialist qualification when it is not mandatory?
* Which bodies are responsible for specialist qualifications for hospital pharmacists and which run the courses?
* What is the role of the national Hospital Pharmacists’ Association in the whole process of the specialization in hospital pharmacy? and * Please provide a detailed curriculum(s) of your specialist course(s).
Preliminary results show that specialized hospital pharmacy care is provided in 12 EU Member States serving 72% of the total population of the EU.
The countries with the highest percentage of pharmacists with a specialization in hospital pharmacy out of the total number of hospital pharmacists are:
Belgium (100%), the Netherlands (90%), Spain (95%), France (93%), Italy and Czech Republic (60%), Hungary and Switzerland (50%) and Austria (49%).
The minimum time to undertake the specialization in hospital pharmacy varies from 1 year (Belgium), 2 years (Turkey), 3 years (5 countries: Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Switzerland), 4 years (4 countries: Czech Republic, France, Netherlands, Spain) to 5 years (Italy and Portugal).
EAHP will soon publish the results; watch the link in for more information.
The ICT 2010 conference will take place in Brussels on 27-29 September 2010.
ICT 2010 is organised by the European Commission and hosted by the Belgian Presidency of the European Union. Around 4.500 participants are expected to attend this event.
This biennial event has become a unique gathering point for researchers, business people, investors, and high level policy makers in the field of digital innovation. ICT 2010 will focus on policy priorities such as Europe's Digital Agenda and the next financial programme of the European Union for funding research and innovation in ICT.
At ICT 2010:
* latest research trends in information and communication technologies * European priorities for 2.8 billion Euros research funding in ICT, 2011-2012 * Meet potential research and business partners at dozens of networking sessions * an exhibition with over 5000 square meters of Europe's latest cutting edge ICT research
Key themes for the 2010 conference:
* the potential of digital solutions to promote sustainable growth in a low carbon economy
* The continuing constructive role of ICT in the daily life of citizens
* the importance of public participation in the innovation process.
The conference will include special sessions presenting the European Union's funding priorities for the 2.8 Billion Euros of EU funding available for ICT research and development during 2011-2012.
These themes will be discussed and debated by leading figures from business, academia and politics.
