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Chronically Ill Women Underusing Online Self-Care Resources

Barriers to internet use may be preventing chronically ill middle-aged and older women from being as healthy as they otherwise could be, new research suggests. The study conducted by researchers from the Oregon State University College of Public Health and Human Sciences and the University of Georgia analyzed data from hundreds of women age 44 and older with at least one chronic condition and found that 35 percent of them didn't use the internet at all.

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Emergency Video Telemedicine Positively Impacts Newborn Resuscitation

Approximately 10 percent of newborns require help breathing after birth, and 1 in 1,000 newborns require more intensive resuscitation measures. These infrequent, high-risk deliveries may present challenges to community hospitals less familiar with advanced newborn resuscitation interventions. Telemedicine consultations are a good option to help meet these challenges and positively impact patient care, according to a study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

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conhIT 2017: Europe's Leading Event for Health IT Celebrates its Tenth Anniversary

25 - 27 April 2017, Berlin, Germany.
From 25 to 27 April 2017, taking place on the Berlin Exhibition Grounds for the tenth time, conhIT, Europe's leading event for health IT, will be showing how modern IT improves public healthcare and helps institutions compete on the market. In 2017, under the heading of '10 years of conhIT - combining health and innovative IT', key topics will include digitalisation in the health industry and hospitals, eHealth and apps, IT strategies and IT management, information and IT security, intersectoral communication and the Internet of Things.

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Inaugural Awards for Compassionate Health Care in Europe Launched at WoHIT 2016

HIMSS Europe is bringing the Kate Granger Awards for Compassionate Care to Europe - to be launched at at the World of Health IT event - an international conference dedicated to health IT. Nominations are open for the first ever European Kate Granger Awards for Compassionate Care - named after an English doctor who worked tirelessly to raise awareness around compassion in healthcare whilst undergoing treatment for cancer.

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MEDICA and COMPAMED 2016 Provide a Powerful Stimulus for the International Medical Technology Industry

14 - 17 November 2016, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Once again, the world's biggest medical trade fair MEDICA and the leading international supplier trade fair COMPAMED, which take place in Düsseldorf, have provided a powerful stimulus for the international medical technology industry. For each of the four days of the fair, from 14 to 17 November 2016, specialists from all sectors of the health industry ensured that the daily intake of visitors was consistently high (127,800 / equal to last year's number) in the trade fair's 19 halls, which were fully booked by exhibitors.

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Ready to Supercharge Your Startup?

500 Start-ups have raised 1,9bn in 3 years, 30+ of them exited and 3 went public. How? They collaborated with world class mentors and industry experts from international leading companies joining Microsoft Accelerator. Microsoft Accelerator London is a global ecosystem that enables entrepreneurs to bring new technologies to market. The capacity to work with Corporations as well as emerging tech companies creates a unique Win/Win situation that helps to create sustainable global businesses.

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Kick-off Meeting for eHealth Hub: An Integrated Support for eHealth SMEs and Stakeholders

The Kick-off Meeting of the eHealth Hub project took place on the 20th and 21st of October 2016, in Murcia (Spain). The meeting effectively launched the activities of a newly EU-funded initiative that is cross border, highly specialized on the digital health vertical mainly devoted to SMEs but also to relevant actors of the eHealth environment (investors, demand side stakeholders, commercial distributors, legal and regulatory firms and experts).

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Live Long and... Facebook?

Is social media good for you, or bad? Well, it's complicated. A study of 12 million Facebook users suggests that using Facebook is associated with living longer - when it serves to maintain and enhance your real-world social ties. Oh and you can relax and stop watching how many "likes" you get: That doesn't seem to correlate at all.

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The International Health Industry Comes to Düsseldorf for MEDICA 2016 + COMPAMED 2016

14 - 17 November 2016, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Decision makers from all sectors of the international health industry meet again in Düsseldorf from Monday to Thursday. The world's biggest medical trade fair, MEDICA 2016, and COMPAMED 2016, as the international leading trade fair for suppliers of the medical technology industry, take place from 14 to 17 November. For the first time, over 5,000 exhibitors from 68 nations will be attending MEDICA (2016: 5,112, previous year: 4,977).

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HIV Test Performed on USB Stick

Scientists have developed a type of HIV test on a USB stick. The device, created by scientists at Imperial College London and DNA Electronics, uses a drop of blood to detect HIV, and then creates an electrical signal that can be read by a computer, laptop or handheld device.

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