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Anyone can Become More Curious. Is that True?

Merck, a leading science and technology company, today announced the start of an experiment entitled "Anyone can become more curious". Driven by the company’s curiosity initiative, which measured and described curiosity in detail in various countries such as the United States, China and Germany - the question now is if and how one can increase curiosity so as to ultimately lead to more or better science-driven behavior.

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Mind-Controlled Device Helps Stroke Patients Retrain Brains to Move Paralyzed Hands

Stroke patients who learned to use their minds to open and close a device fitted over their paralyzed hands gained some control over their hands, according to a new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. By mentally controlling the device with the help of a brain-computer interface, participants trained the uninjured parts of their brains to take over functions previously performed by injured areas of the brain, the researchers said.

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KLAS Report: InterSystems TrakCare Tops Global EMR Deployments

InterSystems' electronic medical record (EMR) technology has been deployed by more hospitals than any other vendor's software during the past four years, according to a research report published today by the internationally recognised research organisation KLAS. InterSystems TrakCare®, a unified healthcare information system, has 'pulled ahead' of its competitors as a preferred solution, winning significantly more new hospitals globally (non US) than any other supplier in 2016, the report found.

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IBM Security Launches New Capabilities to Help Clients with Impending EU General Data Protection Regulation

IBM (NYSE: IBM) has announced new incident response capabilities, from its IBM Resilient security portfolio, to help companies address the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). These capabilities are designed to help clients rehearse, prepare for and manage the new regulations. GDPR is one of the biggest changes in data privacy law in decades which goes into effect on May 25, 2018.

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Tablet Helps Heart Failure Patients Manage their Disease Including Drug Dosages

A novel tablet is helping heart failure patients to manage their disease including drug dosages, according to research presented at EuroHeartCare 2017.(1) Heart failure is a serious condition in which the heart does not pump blood around the body as well as it should. Not enough blood gets to the body, causing fatigue. Blood backs up waiting to enter the heart, leading to fluid accumulation in the legs and abdomen and fluid in the lungs (congestion).

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Information Integration and Artificial Intelligence for Better Diagnosis and Therapy Decisions

With their joint research alliance, Siemens Healthineers and the Fraunhofer Institute for Medical Image Computing MEVIS will support physicians in finding the right course of therapy for their patients. Both partners are jointly developing artificial intelligence software systems to facilitate diagnosis and therapy decisions with the help of advanced data integration, comprehensive databases, and automatic recognition of patterns and regularities in data (deep machine learning).

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Technology for Health

InterComponentWare AG (ICW) is a leading supplier of software for the healthcare IT market. ICW develops solutions for IT-based collaboration among healthcare professionals and their patients. ICW is your trusted partner for solutions that involve patients in their treatment plans and that securely exchange data across enterprises. ICW's clients operate successfully in many international markets and benefit from its expertise in implementing innovative trends and addressing current and future challenges in healthcare.

The internationally experienced team of around 60 employees successfully develops eHealth solutions for secure cross-enterprise information exchange in healthcare. Based on almost 20 years of experience, ICW eHealth Suite - powerful, connected Modules that form tailor-made solutions for the valued customers and partners - has been created.

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Philips-Sponsored Clinical Study Demonstrates Significant Breakthrough for COPD Treatment

Recently published advancements in pulmonary research suggest that the combination of non-invasive ventilation (NIV) and home oxygen therapy (HOT) can significantly prolong time to readmission or death for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) following a life-threatening respiratory event or exacerbation.

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Joined-Up Health & Care Conference 2017

20 June 2017, Sutton Coldfield, UK.
Health and care leaders at the forefront of using technology and data to inform better quality and more coordinated care are to come together at the latest Joined-Up Health & Care event, hosted by InterSystems at The Belfry, Sutton Coldfield. Delegates to this event, which is free to attend, will hear from UK's digital health and care pioneers, such as Healthy Liverpool, a programme that is

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An NHS-Wide Cloud for Diagnostics?

Opinion Article by: Jane Rendall, UK Managing Director, Sectra; Fredrik Gustavsson, Chief Technology Officer.
Pressure to improve sustainability and reduce isolation in healthcare has renewed the hunger for a different approach to IT. Installing software in individual organisations, and then managing it locally on hospital servers, is a resource hungry method that for many organisations is starting to reach its limits in the race to digital maturity.

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