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Med-e-Tel 2017 Call for Abstracts

5 - 7 April 2017, Luxembourg.
Join your colleagues from around the world to hear about and to see current telemedicine, telehealth and m/eHealth developments and to discuss collaboration opportunities at the 2017 edition of the Med-e-Tel conference, one of the annual events of the International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth.

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CompuGroup Medical Indicates an Interest in a Potential Acquisition of All of the Issued Shares of Agfa

With reference to the recent media speculation, Agfa-Gevaert NV ("Agfa") announces that it has been approached by CompuGroup Medical SE ("CompuGroup") who has indicated an interest in a potential acquisition of all of the issued shares of Agfa by way of a voluntary conditional public takeover offer.

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iMDsoft Proud to Partner with Global Digital Exemplars University Hospital Southampton and West Suffolk Hospital

iMDsoft®, a leader in clinical information systems, is proud to be working with two of the NHS's global digital exemplars, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS) and West Suffolk Hospital.

NHS England recently announced that £100 million is to be made available for global digital exemplars.

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Paper vs. Electronic: How a Dermatology Prescription is Written Affects Adherence

A UNC School of Medicine dermatologist recently conducted a study to determine if the way a prescription was written - either traditionally or electronically - played a role in whether a patient filled and picked up the medication. In the study, published in JAMA Dermatology, Adewole S. Adamson, MD, assistant professor of dermatology, found that the way a prescription was written could influence whether a patient filled the prescription.

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Siemens Healthineers Introduces Innovative Robot-Supported Artis Pheno Angiography System

Siemens Healthineers introduces the innovative robot-supported Artis pheno angiography system at this year's German Congress for Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery (DKOU, October 25-28). The "OR of the future" lets visitors experience the Artis pheno in its typical working environment, the hybrid OR.

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Facebook Updates could Help Understand - and Potentially Treat - Mental Health Disorders

Our Facebook status updates, 'likes' and even photos could help researchers better understand mental health disorders with the right ethical safeguards, argue researchers from the University of Cambridge, who suggest that social networks may even be used in future to provide support and interventions, particularly among young people.

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Can a Brain-Computer Interface Convert your Thoughts to Text?

Ever wonder what it would be like if a device could decode your thoughts into actual speech or written words? While this might enhance the capabilities of already existing speech interfaces with devices, it could be a potential game-changer for those with speech pathologies, and even more so for "locked-in" patients who lack any speech or motor function.

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After Blindness, the Adult Brain Can Learn to See Again

More than 40 million people worldwide are blind, and many of them reach this condition after many years of slow and progressive retinal degeneration. The development of sophisticated prostheses or new light-responsive elements, aiming to replace the disrupted retinal function and to feed restored visual signals to the brain, has provided new hope. However, very little is known about whether the brain of blind people retains residual capacity to process restored or artificial visual inputs.

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Amgen Builds its Digital Health Capabilities Through Investment in Leading Digital Health Incubator

Amgen (Europe) GmbH, an affiliate of Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ:AMGN) (collectively, "Amgen") today announced an investment in eHealth Ventures, an Israel-based digital health incubator. The investment reflects Amgen's commitment to serving patients by driving innovation and sustainable healthcare through technology discovery, and recognizes the importance of Israel as a source of innovation in eHealth and digital technologies.

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Get Your Startup to the Next Level

The Merck Accelerator is looking for startups with the potential to reshape entire industries and make people's lives richer. The focus is on startups in the fields of healthcare, life science and performance materials - with a digital perspective. Do you have plans to internationalize your business? Are you ready to get your start-up to the next level?

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