(ANSA) - KOPER - Students and experts, in clinical engineering from the CEI countries including Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Italy, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia, attended the 6th edition of the Spring School on "ICT, economical and organizational issues for e-health integration in the enlarged Europe" held in Koper, Slovenia.

The event was organised by the Higher Education in Clinical Engineering (HECE) of the University of Trieste and co-financed by the CEI Cooperation Fund.

The Universities of Primorska, Maribor, Ljubljana, Belgrade and Zagreb also contributed to the organization. The 3-day programme focused on selected topics in the field of clinical engineering such as clinical engineering in outsourcing services and in public hospitals, certification of software as a medical device, quality standards in health, clinical and hospital information systems and ICT system to support e-care and telemedicine. The School was opened by HECE director, prof. Agostino Accardo, and by prof. Ratko Magjarević, President of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE), who underlined the importance of Biomedical and Clinical Engineering and their specific role in the enlarged Europe. Besides expert knowledge transfer to students, the gathering was an opportunity for participating experts to exchange views and experience, as well as for networking.