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The Benefits of Social Media for Young People in Care

Young people in care benefit from the psychological, emotional and social support gained via social media networks - according to new research from the University of East Anglia's Centre for Research on the Child and Family (CRCF). Until now, the automatic assumption has been that platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp only pose a risk for this vulnerable group.

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Product Manager Big Data & Analytics Cloud Based Platform

We at Siemens Healthineers are committed to helping healthcare providers globally to succeed in today's dynamic environment. We are inspired to transform the way things are done - because we want what is best for our people, our customers and ultimately the health of mankind.

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Assessing Health Technology in the EU: Commission Proposes to Reinforce Cooperation Amongst Member States

European Commission has put forward a proposal to boost cooperation amongst EU Member States for assessing health technology. Greater transparency will empower patients, by ensuring their access to information on the added clinical value of new technology that could potentially benefit them.

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Philips Debuts Fully Integrated Suite of Enhanced Patient Monitoring Solutions in U.S. Market

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, announced the launch of its next-generation Patient Monitoring solution in the U.S. The enterprise-wide system consists of bedside, transport, mobile and central station monitoring technology backed by a new approach to consulting, training, service and customer support, including a full range of product support and expert services.

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ProEmpower Releases Call for Tenders to Develop Innovative ICT for Diabetes Mellitus Self-Management

The ProEmpower procurers are looking for a diabetes management solution that will tackle the unmet needs in the current treatment of diabetes such as the fragmentation in today’s healthcare systems, the overreliance on and the ineffectiveness of pharmacotherapy, the late detection of the disease and the frequency of severe complications. This will be achieved by providing personalised and multi-disciplinary care to diabetes patients and empowering them to become responsible actors in the care process.

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Augmented Reality System Lets Doctors See under Patients' Skin without the Scalpel

New technology is bringing the power of augmented reality into clinical practice. The system, called ProjectDR, allows medical images such as CT scans and MRI data to be displayed directly on a patient's body in a way that moves as the patient does.

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Using Virtual Reality to Identify Brain Areas Involved in Memory

Virtual reality is helping neuroscientists at the University of California, Davis, get new insight into how different brain areas assemble memories in context. In a study published Jan. 18 in the journal Nature Communications, graduate student Halle Dimsdale-Zucker and colleagues used a virtual reality environment to train subjects, then showed that different areas of the hippocampus are activated for different types of memories.

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East Lancashire Hospitals Chooses Cerner as Preferred EPR Supplier

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) has chosen global health information technology leader Cerner as its Preferred Supplier of a new clinical information system that will help to improve the quality, safety and efficiency of patient care. The system, commonly known as 'Electronic Patient Record' (EPR), is the intelligent software which brings each patient's key clinical and administrative data together in one place.

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People with Tetraplegia Gain Rapid Use of Brain-Computer Interface

For a brain-computer interface (BCI) to be truly useful for a person with tetraplegia, it should be ready whenever it's needed, with minimal expert intervention, including the very first time it's used. In a new study in the Journal of Neural Engineering, researchers in the BrainGate collaboration demonstrate new techniques that allowed three participants to achieve peak BCI performance within three minutes of engaging in an easy, one-step process.

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Liverpool Awards Contract to Docobo

One of the best-known users of telehealth in England has awarded a contract to Docobo to significantly expand its service over the next three years. NHS Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group started scaling up telehealth in 2013, through its More Independent or Mi Programme, which was part-funded by the Innovate UK dallas initiative.

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