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Agfa HealthCare Awarded its Fourth U.S. Government DIN-PACS Agreement

Agfa HealthCare, a leader and innovator in the medical imaging and healthcare IT space, today announced that the U.S. government has awarded the company its DIN-PACS IV (Digital Imaging Network/Picture Archiving and Communication System) contract. The contract term includes one five-year base period and one five-year option period.

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Gaming Camera could Aid MS Treatment

A commonly used device found in living rooms around the world could be a cheap and effective means of evaluating the walking difficulties of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. The Microsoft Kinect is a 3D depth-sensing camera used in interactive video activities such as tennis and dancing. It can be hooked up to an Xbox gaming console or a Windows computer.

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HealthShare at the Heart of Healthcare in Torbay and South Devon

Following a successful pilot programme to deliver more integrated care to heart failure patients, Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust is rolling out the InterSystems HealthShare® health informatics platform across the area's health and social care community.

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Brain-Machine Interface Triggers Recovery for Paraplegic Patients

During the 2014 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony, a young Brazilian man, paralyzed from the chest down, delivered the opening kickoff. He used a brain-machine interface, allowing him to control the movements of a lower-limb robotic exoskeleton. This unprecedented scientific demonstration was the work of the Walk Again Project (WAP), a nonprofit, international research consortium

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Open Call SC1-PM-02-2017: New Concepts in Patient Stratification

Patient stratification aims at grouping patients into disease sub-groups, where the specific pathological processes involved are better defined (clinical/molecular phenotypes). This will lead to the development of targeted therapies, optimizing the intervention to individual patients, thus achieving greater success in treating or curing the patient.

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Patientrack Hospitals Win Awards Worldwide for Life-saving Innovations

Hospitals across England, Scotland and New Zealand have been recognised for innovative work to save lives by judging panels across the world, after achieving a major impact on patient safety with Patientrack.

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New Company Dedicated to the Development of Bioelectronic Medicines

GSK (LSE/NYSE: GSK) has announced an agreement with Verily Life Sciences LLC (formerly Google Life Sciences), an Alphabet company, to form Galvani Bioelectronics to enable the research, development and commercialisation of bioelectronic medicines. GSK will hold a 55% equity interest in the new jointly owned company and Verily will hold 45%.

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Wolters Kluwer Launches Zika Resource Portal

The Health division of Wolters Kluwer, a leading global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, has launched the Zika Resource Portal, a single point of access to trusted clinical knowledge and current information to help healthcare professionals worldwide stay up-to-date on the rapidly spreading virus.

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100 Insights into the Future of Medicine in One Day: European Health Science Match 2016

26 September 2016, Ludwigshafen/Rhine, Germany.
Up to 100 distinguished European scientists will present the key findings of their research in pharma, biotech and medicine at the European Health Science Match conference. The speakers have 3 minutes each to present their work and wow the audience.

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MEDICA 2016 + COMPAMED 2016: Trend Barometer of a Dynamic Market

14 - 17 November 2016, Düsseldorf, Germany.
When top decision-makers in the healthcare business meet in Düsseldorf again in the middle of November at the world's leading medical trade fair, MEDICA 2016, 5,000 exhibitors from around 70 countries will be presenting themselves once more as partners in unchanged enthusiastic innovation - offering tailored solutions for outpatient and clinical care.

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