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EMIS Health Implements Open Standards for Interoperability

EMIS Health has become the first UK clinical systems provider to implement new open standards for interoperability in the NHS - enabling clinicians using its systems to securely share data with any other third party system across health and social care.

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Regionale Kliniken Holding Ludwigsburg, Germany, Aims to Expand its Role as a Major Healthcare Provider with Agfa HealthCare DR

Agfa HealthCare announces that it has signed a four-year framework contract to supply digital imaging solutions to Regionale Kliniken Holding (RKH) Ludwigsburg, in Germany. This group currently includes eight acute care facilities, an orthopedic clinic and a geriatric rehabilitation clinic, all providing healthcare services to the counties of Ludwigsburg, Enzkreis and Karlsruhe.

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NHS Must Move Beyond 19th Century Cancer Diagnostics to Save 11,000 More Lives

Opinion Article by Chris Scarisbrick, Sectra UK & Ireland.
Radical recommendations were set out by England's Independent Cancer Taskforce in July 2015. The goal: to allow an additional 30,000 patients every year to survive cancer for 10 years or more by 2020.

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Mapping Happiness Across the UK

British people are at their least happy while at work - except when they are sick in bed - according to researchers at the University of Sussex and the London School of Economics (LSE). The team analysed more than a million responses uploaded to a smartphone app, called Mappiness, that sporadically asks users questions such as how they are feeling, where they are and what they are doing.

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Using Mathematics to Improve Human Health

Scientists at the Universities of York and Torino have used mathematics as a tool to provide precise details of the structure of protein nanoparticles, potentially making them more useful in vaccine design. Working with a world-leading group at the University of Connecticut in the USA, who pioneered the development of self-assembling protein nanoparticles (SAPNs) for vaccine design, they have used advanced mathematical calculations to create a complete picture of the surface morphology of these particles.

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conhIT 2016: Health IT Industry Actively Seeks and Supports Newcomers

19 - 21 April 2016, Berlin, Germany.
conhIT once again aims to bring the health IT industry, healthcare institutions and prospective employees together under one roof, tying in with the career and youth development activities of the sponsor, the German Association of Healthcare IT Vendors (bvitg).

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Carestream Extends Business Partnership Agreement with Tromp Medical to Cover Belgium and Luxembourg

The agreement from 2012 which saw Carestream appoint Tromp Medical as Business Partner to act as distributor of Carestream Digital X-ray Products, covering sales and service across the Netherlands, has now been extended to cover Belgium and Luxembourg.

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FICHe Finalist Startups at Health 2.0 Europe

The EU-funded FICHe accelerator is joining Health 2.0 Euope 2016 as a pavilion exhibitor. All 20 FICHe finalist will show their demo at the exhibition floor, some of them will pitch in front of investors, others will present on the main stage. Meet 20 FICHe finalist startups and many more key stakeholders in digital health.

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Health 2.0 Europe 2016

11 - 12 May 2016, Barcelona, Spain.
The 7th edition of Health 2.0 Europe is coming back to Barcelona for 3 full days of content that will explore European and international innovation in patient-provider communication, consumer health, data analytics and more.

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Philips Appoints Jean Botti as Chief Innovation and Strategy Officer

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) today announced the appointment of Jean Botti as Chief Innovation and Strategy Officer as part of the company's strategy to capture a larger portion of the HealthTech opportunities.

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