EDITORIAL
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Didier Lamouche, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Bull

Information technology as a strategic enabler for healthcare systems

Bull's ambition: to be a key player in the re-engineering of healthcare information systems

CHALLENGES
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What is the best way to modernise healthcare service
information systems?

Providing a better quality of care whilst also keeping control of spending on health

Ten key questions: towards a
successful modernisation project

Decompartmentalise, secure and manage the change...

Service-oriented architectures

Facilitate exchanges of information and co-operation between healthcare professionals

The security imperative

Availability, integrity, confidentiality and proof are crucial in the healthcare domain

POINT OF VIEW
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Vicente Rambla Momplet, Health Minister in the regional government of Valencia, Spain

"The single, computerised medical record is becoming a reality"

Alain Coulomb, Director of the French National Authority for Health

 "The strategic importance of information systems should be widely shared”

Jean-François Héron, Director of the François Baclesse Comprehensive Cancer Centre, France

"Information systems should serve patients first”

BULL TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS
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Against the backdrop of fundamental transformation of healthcare information systems, Bull brings added value through its proven expertise in networked infrastructures and integration of medical and functional applications, as well as outsourcing.