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Cyborg Cardiac Patch may Treat the Diseased Heart

More than 25% of the people on the national US waiting list for a heart will die before receiving one. Despite this discouraging figure, heart transplants are still on the rise. There just hasn't been an alternative. Until now. The "cyborg heart patch," a new engineering innovation from Tel Aviv University, may single-handedly change the field of cardiac research.

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From Innovation to Implementation - eHealth in the WHO European Region

This report describes the development of and emerging trends in electronic health (e-health) in the WHO European Region in 2016. Its content and key messages are based on data collected from the 2015 WHO Global eHealth Survey and the assistance of a number of key practitioners in the field.

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Open Call ICT-06-2016: Cloud Computing

Recent trends in cloud computing go towards the development of new paradigms (heterogeneous, federated, distributed clouds) as opposed to the current centralised model, with tight interactions between the computing and networking infrastructures.

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Open Call ICT-14-2016-2017: Big Data PPP: Cross-Sectorial and Cross-Lingual Data Integration and Experimentation

Europe lacks a systematic transfer of knowledge and technology across different sectors and there is an underdeveloped data sharing and linking culture. Traditionally, data has been collected and used for a certain purpose within sectorial "silos", while using data across sectors for offering new services opens new opportunities for solving business and societal challenges.

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Smart Clothing of the Future will Automatically Adjust Itself

Smart clothing of the future will automatically adjust itself according to the wearer's actual needs VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd has developed new technology that takes care of the thermal, moisture and flow-technical behaviour of smart clothing. The temperature of smart clothing, for example, is automatically adjusted according to the wearer's individual needs.

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System C and IMMJ Systems Team Up to Provide an Integrated Electronic Document Management Solution to Medway Users

System C and IMMJ Systems have today teamed up to provide full integration of the MediViewer EDM with Medway EPR. The MediViewer EDM solution is built by IMMJ Systems specifically for UK healthcare and aims to deliver a paperless NHS.

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Agfa HealthCare - Fourth Quarter 2015

The fourth quarter top line decline is mainly due to Agfa HealthCare's inventory decisions in the hardcopy film business. These decisions aim to better align the inventory policy at the distributors' level to the current economic situation in certain emerging markets, including China and Latin America.

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First European Hospital Undergoes Continuity of Care Evaluation by HIMSS Analytics Team

The Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH) in Northern Germany, is the first hospital to have embarked upon the Continuity of Care assessment carried out by HIMSS Analytics in Europe.

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Amputee Feels Texture with a Bionic Fingertip

An amputee was able to feel smoothness and roughness in real-time with an artificial fingertip that was surgically connected to nerves in his upper arm. Moreover, the nerves of non-amputees can also be stimulated to feel roughness, without the need of surgery, meaning that prosthetic touch for amputees can now be developed and safely tested on intact individuals.

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Wolters Kluwer Offers Free Online Access to Evidence-Based Resources, Comprehensive Scientific Research to Support the Fight Against the Zika Virus

The Health division of Wolters Kluwer, a leading global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, is aiding clinicians in the battle against the rapidly spreading Zika virus through free online access to a number of its industry leading medical content and clinical decision support resources.

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