2001 brought us a wonderful Master Class in the vicinity of Minneapolis, USA. Later that summer students presented their work on the Medinfo2001 conference in London. Furthermore, the international module on ‘Strategic Information Management of Hospital Information Systems’ was organized in Heidelberg, in which students of all European partners participated.

In 2002, this international module, due to its great success, became a structural course in the educational programs of all European partners. Also in 2002, Master Classes, highly appreciated by students and faculty, were organized by the University for Health Informatics and Technology of Tyrol (UMIT), Innsbruck.

In 2003, Master Classes took place in the lovely scenery of Salt Lake City, Utah. The IPHIE student workshop was held at MIE2003 in San Marlo, France.In that same year, the European course on ‘Strategic Information Management of Hospital Information Systems’ was attended by 59 students of the 3 European partner universities.

2004 brought us successful Master Classes in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, attended by a 20 students and 7 IPHIE faculty members. Later that year, 8 students presented their M. Sc or PhD research during an IPHIE workshop at MedInfo2004 in San Francisco, USA. The international module on ‘Strategic Information Management of Hospital Information Systems’ was prolonged for a another year.

In 2005, we spend 3 days at the impressive 13^th century Grussau monastery of the medieval town of Bad Wimpfen, Germany. The Master Classes were attended by 19 students and 6 IPHIE faculty members. The European course on strategic information management of hospitals was organized in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. More than 70 students of the European partner universities and of the University of Brownschweig participated in the course, which again was highly appreciated by both faculty and the students. Finally, 7 IPHIE students presented their MSc/PhD research project at the Medical Informatic-Europe conference, held in Geneva, Switzerland.

2006 brought us exciting masterclasses in Minneapolis again. Over 30 faculty members and students participated in this event. Later that summer IPHIE students presented their research at MIE2006 conference in Maastricht.