Tunstall Healthcare and The Silver Line Work Together to Combat Loneliness Among Older People
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Simon Arnold, Chief Customer Officer for Tunstall Healthcare presented a cheque for £25,000 to The Silver Line, a national charity that helps reduce loneliness in isolated, older people.
Streamlined iOS App and Consumer Brand Launches for Digital Therapeutics Provider Physitrack
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Apple (AAPL) recently announced it is working with a select group of business software and solution providers, including Physitrack (Bloomberg: 1297006D LN). Now the digital therapeutics company has launched a powerful new Physitrack iOS app for healthcare practitioners, and a new patient app, released under the separately trademarked brand name PhysiApp.
Open Call SMEInst-06-2016-2017: Accelerating Market Introduction of ICT Solutions for Health, Well-Being and Ageing Well
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The healthcare biotechnology sector offers huge business and commercial opportunities; however it also requires heavy and risky investments which are often lacking in Europe, hampering the development of the industry. The SME instrument consists of three phases, including a coaching and mentoring service for beneficiaries. Participants can apply to phase 1 or directly to phase 2.
Agfa HealthCare and Västra Götalandsregionen, Sweden, Sign Regional Enterprise Imaging Frame Agreement
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Agfa HealthCare announces the signing of a framework agreement with Västra Götalandsregionen, Sweden, for a contract covering a radiology information system/picture archiving and communication system (RIS/PACS) for the region's 18 hospitals.
NHS Set to Save Millions on Essential Prescribing Software through New Framework
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The NHS will have the opportunity to save millions of pounds on important but traditionally costly IT prescribing systems that help healthcare professionals to choose the correct and most cost effective medicines for patients, following the launch of a new procurement framework from NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS).
The Biggest Cost to Healthcare is not Learning from Best Practice
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Opinion Article by Vivek Patkar, Chief Medical Officer, Deontics.If the recent publication of the Atlas of Variation shows the human costs of unwarranted variation across the NHS; then The Kings Fund's Better Value in the NHS report showed the financial cost.
Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2016-2017: Health, Demographic Change and Well-being
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The headline goal of the 'Health, Demographic Change and Well-being' Societal Challenge is better health for all. Its main policy objectives are to improve health and well-being outcomes, to promote healthy and active ageing, to promote market growth, job creation, and the EU as a global leader in the health area. The challenges to this goal derive from the ageing of European population and lifestyle patterns,
New Head of Analytics to Help Healthcare Target Interventions for Better Outcomes
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A new head of analytics at the UK arm of MedeAnalytics, a pioneer in health analytics, is to help healthcare planners and frontline staff understand which patients, across their entire local population, are at risk of specific adverse events and what interventions will work for individual patients as a means of prevention.
Agfa HealthCare Named #1 Enterprise Imaging IT Vendor in New 2015 Trends in Medical Imaging Technology Report
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Agfa HealthCare, a leading provider of diagnostic imaging and healthcare IT solutions, has been identified as the Number 1 Enterprise Imaging solution based on an industry survey of over 500 healthcare providers. Agfa HealthCare's Enterprise Imaging solution enables caregivers to create, collaborate, exchange, and manage a comprehensive medical imaging record throughout the continuum of care.
The Patient is Key During eHealth Week 2016
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8 - 10 June 2016, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.The Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, the European Commission and HIMSS Europe officially announced the themes of eHealth Week 2016 in Amsterdam. Empowering People, Trust & Standards and Social Innovation & Transition will be the three main topics which will be addressed during the three day conference in June.