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Topics A-Z listing of articles and resources about egovernment activities in Estonia.
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- eGovernment - Estonia - Archive
- Archived articles and resources about egovernment activities in Estonia.
Added: 18 November 2005
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- Estonian EHR system used by 47 % of citizens and 95 % of doctors
- ePractice.eu, 7 June 2011. Country Estonia; Domain eHealth; Topic Electronic health records, ePrescribing, ICT for disease prevention and health promotion, Medical Imaging, Personal Health Systems, Policy, Regional/national Health Information Networks. "... All end users of Estonia's EHR system can access their full personal health records. Physicians and patients have equal viewing access. And with nearly half the country's residents using the system within two years of its launch, the project appears viable for the long term. To date, the rate of ePrescriptions in Estonia's healthcare system is around 80 %. A full 100 % of radiological images, excluding dental, are now stored in the picture archiving and communication system (PACS). More than 95 % of the country's doctors are currently using the EHR..."
Added: 9 June 2011;
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- E-referral system is now available to GPs, Ministry confirms
- ePractice.eu, 4 May 2011. Country Estonia; Domain eHealth; Topic e-referral, Hospital information systems, Regional/national Health Information Networks, Telemedicine services. "The Estonian Ministry of Social Affairs announced on 27 April 2011 that general practitioners (GPs) can already use, albeit in a limited capacity at present, an e-referral system. The e-referral system was implemented in response to a recommendation made in the audit by the National Audit Office (Riigikontroll, in Estonian) on the GP system..."
Added: 11 May 2011;
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- Estonia: Web Environment For Local Governments Released
- Source: ePractice EU, eGov Monitor, Published Wednesday, 6 April, 2011. "The Estonian government launched a new portal in February 2011 that aims to increase the transparency of local governments and expand citizen participation..."
Added: 7 April 2011;
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- Medical Prescription Centre wins national eHealth award
- ePractice.eu, 11 March 2011. Country Estonia; Domain eHealth; Topic ePrescribing, ICT for disease prevention and health promotion. "The Estonian Medical Prescription Centre was the uncontested winner in the eHealth category of the 'Best e-services in Estonia 2011' competition, it was announced on 22 February 2011. The Centre is the electronic prescription project developed on the initiative of the Ministry of Social Affairs and the Estonian Health Insurance Fund..."
Added: 17 March 2011;
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- Lithuania will use Estonia's experience in order to develop eHealth system
- ePractice.eu, 9 December 2010. Country Estonia | Lithuania; Domain eHealth; Topic Electronic health records, ePrescribing, Hospital information systems, Medical Imaging, Policy, Telemedicine services. "... Currently, Estonia has a national record system, which contains the full medical history of patients. Technically, any doctor can access patients' health records, but only for healthcare purposes. Since January 2010, Estonia has implemented an electronic prescription system and around 85 % of the medical prescriptions have gone digital..."
Added: 9 December 2010;
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- Government publishes open source policy and starts repository
- by Gijs Hillenius. OSOR.eu, September 28, 2010. "The government of Estonia has published its policy on open source software, following a conference in the capital Tallinn last week. The government also recommends the use of the European Union's public licence (EUPL) for open source software developed for Estonian public administrations. To facilitate this, Estonia is about to start an open source software development website, considering the using of the virtual forge services offered by the OSOR..."
Added: 11 October 2010;
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- Tallinn city and Estonian Technology College fund poll and referenda application
- ePractice.eu, 1 September 2010. Country Estonia; Domain eGovernment; Topic eIdentity and eSecurity, eParticipation, eDemocracy and eVoting, Infrastructure, Open Source, Regional and Local. "Diara is an open source application that allows public administrations to use the Internet in order to organise polls, referenda, petitions, public inquiries as well as to record electronic votes using electronic identity (eID) cards; its first version went online at the end of August 2010..."
Added: 9 September 2010;
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- VOLIS - Electronic information system for local governments in operation
- ePractice.eu, 20 July 2010. Country Estonia; Domain eGovernment; Topic Efficiency & Effectiveness, Benchmarking, eIdentity and eSecurity, eParticipation, eDemocracy and eVoting, Services for Businesses, Services for Citizens, Infrastructure, Interoperability, Open Source, Policy, Regional and Local. "... VOLIS (Local government council/government information system - Kohaliku omavalitsuse volikogu/valitsuse infosüsteem, in Estonian) follows the best eGovernment practices and contributes to a simpler and faster processing of services within the local governments..."
Added: 22 July 2010;
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- Tiny Estonia exports e-government worldwide
- By: Anneli Reigas, laredosun.us, June 29, 2010. "Tiny IT-titan Estonia is exporting its e-government technology and expertise across the globe, currently preparing new projects for the Palestinian territories, Afghanistan and Haiti..."
Added: 1 July 2010;
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- Finnish ID card used for the first time to create a company in Estonian eCommercial Register
- ePractice.eu, 14 June 2010. Country Estonia | Finland; Domain eGovernment; Topic eIdentity and eSecurity, Services for Businesses, High Impact Services with Pan-European Scope, Infrastructure, Interoperability. "At the beginning of May 2010, a company was registered electronically in the Estonian Company Registration Portal with a Finnish identity card (ID). This is the first time in Estonian business history..."
Added: 17 June 2010;
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- 75 % of the Estonians users are satisfied with eGovernment services
- ePractice.eu, 15 June 2010. Country Estonia; Domain eGovernment; Topic Services for Citizens, Infrastructure, User-centric Services. "... 1020 Estonian residents were interviewed for this study, in the framework of the 'Information Society awareness' campaign, which is funded by the European Union Structural Funds in Estonia. The users stated that eServices help them save time, obtain the desired information much quicker and reduce the time as well as the bureaucratic obstacles they face each time they communicate with the public authorities..."
Added: 17 June 2010;
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- Overview of the national Electronic Health Record System
- ePractice.eu, 17 May 2010. Country Estonia; Domain eHealth; Topic e-referral, Electronic health records, ePrescribing, Health portals, Medical Imaging, Policy, Regional/national Health Information Networks. "The development of the Estonian eHealth Record System has been progressing steadily since its launch in December 2008. It will continue gradually until 2013..."
Added: 18 May 2010;
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- Open source ID-card software for multiple operating systems
- ePractice.eu, 21 October 2009. Country Estonia; Domain eGovernment; Topic eIdentity and eSecurity, Open Source, Policy. "The Estonian Government's Informatics Centre (RIA, Riigi Infosüsteemide Arenduskeskus) has last week [week from 12 to 16 October 2009] published two more versions of its open source software to enable the users of Mac OS X and GNU/Linux to have an access to their electronic identity card functionalities..."
Added: 26 October 2009;
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- Authentication and digital signatures with mobile phone
- Author: Jürgen Niinre (EMT). ePractice.eu, Country of the case: Estonia. Case Abstract: The Mobile-ID (Mobiil-ID) service is a collection of organizational and technical measures to create strong, seamless digital identity for internet users. The usual authentication methods, like passwords, pin calculators or one time password lists do not meet the demand for bank level strong authentication, digital signatures, ease of use and low cost. To use the Mobile-ID, the user must acquire the special SIM card available by mobile operators. For stronger security, the user needs to activate the service on a website with his Estonian ID card. After that, the Mobile-ID is ready to be used on any compatible website for authentication and digital signature..."
Added: 20 October 2009;
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- eVoting is gaining ground in Estonia
- ePractice.eu, 27 July 2009. Country Estonia; Domain eGovernment; Topic eParticipation, eDemocracy and eVoting, Services for Citizens, Infrastructure. "Estonia officially allowed Internet voting for the European Parliament elections, last 7 June 2009. 58,000 Estonian voters, i.e. 15% of the voting population, preferred eVoting to traditional voting..."
Added: 28 July 2009;
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