Information Policy and Economics
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Requirements and Options for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Application in Healthcare — 20 July 2009
The report assesses individual cases to identify the potential and real costs and benefits of RFID deployment in healthcare, as well as the critical success and failure factors of RFID implementation programmes in practice. It identifies the most promising RFID applications in healthcare delivery by reviewing potential for increasing patient safety and the reduction of costs. A framework is presented for conducting actual cost-benefit analyses in the future and to stimulate the effective monitoring and capturing of cost-benefit data in care delivery settings.
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Building a Digital Europe: Lessons for the Delivery of Secure Pan-European E-Government — 03 June 2009
This paper presents what is required to deliver a secure e-Government environment for mobile European citizens, based on the lessons learned from existing services and initiatives and identified challenges in the national and pan-European environments.
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Radio Frequency ID in Healthcare — 13 April 2009
Radio Frequency ID (RFID) is an automatic identification method, relying on storing and remotely retrieving data using devices called RFID tags or transponders. It shows potential to improve patient safety, reduce medical errors, save costs, and overall contribute to the quality of care delivered to patients. The objective of this study is to identify policy and research options for the European Commission (EC) to ensure large-scale, effective, and secure implementation of RFID in healthcare and the pharmaceutical market.
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Confronting the Hidden Economy — 03 April 2008
Despite slight variations in its definition, the term 'hidden' is used to describe an economy where income is undeclared for tax purposes. The UK National Audit Office asked RAND Europe to carry out a study to place the UK's performance in tackling the hidden economy within an international context. Comparing approaches of five international tax authorities, the study also sought to identify good practices that could be adopted by the UK. This research ties together RAND Europe's expertise gained in previous, related work for the NAO on benefit fraud and performance indicators for tax authorities.
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Sustainable Digital Preservation of Scholarly Publications — 05 November 2007
The digital revolution has fundamentally modified the way research is conducted, but also the way in which its results are circulated, reviewed, accessed and preserved. Libraries can no longer rely on stacking a print copy a publication on one of their archive shelves. Established models of archiving and preservation of scholarly output need to be rethought. RAND Europe has examined the key determinants of the sustainable digital preservation of scholarly publications, with specific reference to developing a robust approach to the archiving of such records at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in The Netherlands.
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Responsibility in the Global Information Society: Towards Multi-stakeholder Governance — 31 May 2007
As part of British Telecommunication's annual Hot Topic series, RAND Europe was asked to conduct a research study investigating the reponsibilities and opportunities facing global ICT companies. The RAND Europe report assesses the ICT sector's responsibilities and identifies the kinds of actions that can be taken through a 'multi-stakeholder governance' approach to respond adequately to the challenges.
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Security Challenges to the Use and Deployment of Disruptive Technologies — 30 January 2007
RAND Europe recently completed a study, commissioned by DG Information Society & Media of the European Commission, assessing the security challenges involved in the use and deployment of so-called 'disruptive technologies.' These technologies were: Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP), Trusted Computing, Wireless Microwave Access (WiMAX), Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6). Methods used in the study included expert review, case study examination and evaluation at an expert workshop. Findings showed that some challenges were common to all technologies, most notably those surrounding the business case for their implementation, while others were technology-specific. The study was the latest in a series conducted for the European Commission in the area of Network and Information Security.
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RAND Europe Researchers Develop an Online Cyber-Crime Tool — 27 February 2006
RAND Europe has developed an easy-to-use online tool that facilitates exchange of information among organisations in European Union (EU) member states, when they need to access national legislation on cyber-crime. The database contains information relating to cyber-crime law in each country and a list of relevant laws and provisions related to a common classification system of incidents. The project, sponsored by the European Commission's Directorate General (DG) Information Society and Media, allows computer security incident response teams and information security experts to search and view relevant information in cases where security has been breached.
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European Commission Publishes a RAND Europe Contribution to Revision of Audiovisual Policy — 01 February 2006
RAND Europe assisted the European Commission with a contribution to the assessment of and extending the existing TV without Frontiers (TVWF) Directive. New technologies require adjustments to allow for more effective enforcement of the rules and to reduce unnecessary regulatory rigidities. The report analyses the future of broadcast video based on consideration of several regulatory options, ranging from deregulation to a mix of regulatory policies to full regulation of all commercial video offerings.
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Enabling the Information Society by Stimulating the Creation of a Broadband Environment in Europe — 14 April 2003
The Network Evolution Scenarios study provides an analysis of the development of electronic networks in Europe and North America and its technical, economic and political drivers. It includes four scenarios depicting possible futures of electronic networks in Europe, a framework for policy formulation, analyses of selected current policies and observations regarding possible policy measures and the input of experts and stakeholders in the field during a workshop in Brussels, and concludes with a series of observations and recommendations for policy action and further research.
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