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Shaping Europe's Digital Future: "DG Information Society & Media pursues an integrated approach to achieving the Information Society, encompassing an evolving regulatory environment which emphasises competition and lets the market decide on technology; a world-class research programme which pools Europe's resources for world leadership; and a range of programmes designed to promote wider use , demonstrate innovative technologies and ensure that the benefits are felt by all. Each activity feeds the others holistically: EU regulation is developed in the light of cutting-edge research, for example, while both research and promotion help create the competitive, inclusive European economy foreseen by regulation "(Fabio Colasanti, Director-General)
INFSO Health
Health Information Can Save Your Life: ICTs can have a massive impact on all aspects of healthcare, from delivering the information people need to lead a healthy lifestyle to providing new tools to design tomorrow's medicines; from making healthcare systems more efficient and responsive to providing 'in the home' and mobile healthcare technologies.
Interoperability
Connecting eHealth services: The full benefits of eHealth services and tools will not reach patients unless a high level of interoperability is integrated at the heart of their design and deployment. Healthcare providers need to co-operate extensively with each other, and with their suppliers, to ensure that their services are well connected.
