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Agfa HealthCare Enterprise Imaging Provides Consistent Alignment with HIMSS® Health IT Value STEPS(TM)

With the introduction of its innovative, convergence approach to Enterprise Imaging, Agfa HealthCare is dedicated to improving the delivery of care by empowering physicians to make informed decisions, while simultaneously supporting strategic initiatives for population health management, value-based care, and risk sharing.

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Philips Enters New Agreement on Patient Monitoring Systems and Software with the Stockholm County Council

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG; AEX: PHIA) today announced that it has signed a new agreement with the Stockholm County Council on patient monitoring systems and software for the Karolinska University Hospital, which comprises the New Karolinska Solna University Hospital and the Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge.

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Cardiologists Use 3-D Printing to Personalize Treatment for Heart Disease

University of Melbourne doctors and engineers are using supercomputers to create 3D models from patients with heart disease, with photos from a camera thinner than a human hair. The images, gathered during a routine angiogram, are fed into a supercomputer.

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Computers can Tell if You're Bored

Computers are able to read a person's body language to tell whether they are bored or interested in what they see on the screen, according to a new study led by body-language expert Dr Harry Witchel, Discipline Leader in Physiology at Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS).

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Med-e-Tel 2016 Conference Program Details Announced

6 - 8 April 2016, Luxembourg.
The preliminary Med-e-Tel 2016 conference program is available on-line. Med-e-Tel 2016 also features 2 pre-conference sessions on April 5th, on the topics of "Telecardiology" and "Social Media and Medical Education".

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Health 2.0 Europe Brings Opportunities

11 - 12 May 2016, Barcelona, Spain.
Now in its 7th year running, Health 2.0 Europe has become the digital health event to attend of the year in Europe. It presents an unique opportunity to announce new products, expand networks, and enhance global visibility. The conference will gather over 600 of Europe's most influential thought leaders within the health tech landscape.

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EU SME eHealth Competition 2016

The EU SME eHealth Competition recognizes the best eHealth/mHealth SMEs at European level and support their business success by giving them visibility together with marketing opportunities to attract customers, partners and external capital. The eHealth Competition Final this year will take place on the 9 th of June 2016 in Amsterdam, during the eHealth Week conference in a parallel session.

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Call for Papers: eHealth Slam at conhIT 2016

19 - 21 April 2016, Berlin, Germany.
An eHealth Slam is due to be held for the first time at conhIT 2016. It gives candidates an opportunity to present practically oriented eHealth projects to a wide audience in a brief and entertaining form. The three best presentations, which will be held in the conhIT Networking Area, will receive prize money totalling 850 euros.

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Philips to Introduce Rapid Cloud-Based Recovery Service for Healthcare Data in Collaboration with Amazon Web Service

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG; AEX: PHIA) today announced the introduction of a secure data recovery service, built in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS), that rapidly captures and backs up an entire healthcare organization's data repository in the cloud.

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A Portable Device for Rapid and Highly Sensitive Diagnostics

When remote regions with limited health facilities experience an epidemic, they need portable diagnostic equipment that functions outside the hospital. As demand for such equipment grows, EPFL researchers have developed a low-cost and portable microfluidic diagnostic device. It has been tested on Ebola and can be used to detect many other diseases.

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