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The National Audit Office is of the opinion that the Ministry of Social Affairs should deal with the development of the e-health system more forcefully, as the initially planned objectives have still not been achieved. Despite the initial plans, data in the e-health system cannot yet be fully used for treatment purposes, national statistics, registry-keeping or supervision. Digital Prescription is the only e-solution created by the state that is actively used. The use of the Electronic Health Record and Digital Image has been modest and Digital Registration has not taken off in the five years since its completion. 15 million euros has been spent on launching e-health so far.

Read more: EE: Initially planned e-health objectives remain unachieved

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The prime ministers of Estonia and Finland have signed digitally a cooperation agreement on e-government and information society, the Estonian government said on Wednesday.

The agreement is believed to be the first international agreement to be concluded using electronic signatures.

The agreement involves Estonia's assistance to Finland in adopting the X-Road system, the "backbone" data exchange layer that connects the different databases used by the nation's various online services, said a statement by the Estonian Government Office on Wednesday.

Read more: Estonia, Finland sign int'l e-agreement

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Yesterday, Esotnia’s president Toomas Hendrik Ilves spoke at the international ICT forum ICT2013 in Vilnius, which focused on growth, creativity and innovation. In the course of the discussion on modernisation and building bridges, the Estonian Head of State stressed the importance of trust when developing e-services and promoting innovation, especially in light of recent concerns over privacy, informed BC presidential press service.

"Now the trend seems to be more towards dismantling bridges and building forts, not the other way around," the President stated and warned that loss of trust and withdrawing would eventually make us give up everything positive that we have achieved with IT so far.

Read more: EE: Ilves: the safety of e-services does not imply secluding oneself

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"Our wish is to make e-services transnational and compatible with neighbouring countries," President Toomas Hendrik Ilves said today in Helsinki at the international IT and startup conference Slush, reports BC presidential press service.

President Ilves gave an example of how a Finnish pensioner visiting Pärnu could fill a digital prescription written in his or her homeland in Estonian pharmacies. "We can start co-operating with neighbouring Nordic and Baltic countries and move on to the rest of Europe," he added. The Head of State noted that transnational safety regulations and standards are a prerequisite for this kind of co-operation.

Read more: Estonian president spoke about cross-border e-services in Helsinki

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Current European Union (EU) General Affairs Council in Luxembourg made preparations for the upcoming European Council meeting that will take place in Brussels on October 24-25, 2013, reports BC the Foreign Ministry of Estonia.

Ambassador of Estonia to the European Union Matti Maasikas, who represented Estonia at the meeting, said that the main topics of discussion at this week’s European Council meeting is the digital economy, innovation, and services. Ambassador Matti Maasikas maintains that the Council will evaluate the current state of the digital development action plan and provide specific guidelines to achieve the digital single market by 2015.

Read more: At EU Council Estonia stresses development of e-services at all levels

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