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Medelinked Partners with Samsung S Health

Medelinked has been appointed a Samsung S Health partner and the Medelinked App is now available for Galaxy and other Android devices in Google Play via S Health.

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Samsung Introduces the Next Generation of S Health

Samsung has launched the next generation of the S Health app, which provides users with more interactive and easy-to-use health functions. The updated app will also include compatibility with non-Samsung Android devices.

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National Survey of Americans' Health App Use Shows Technology's Promise and Weakness

Like the treadmills and stationary bikes that become rec room coatracks, fitness and other health-related smartphone apps are acquired in large numbers by Americans, but over time, many are left unused by those who download them. According to results of an online national survey analyzed by researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center, 58 percent of 1,604 adult smartphone users had downloaded one of the estimated 40,000 available health-related mobile applications, and 42 percent had downloaded five or more.

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Open Call SC1-HCO-15-2016: EU eHealth Interoperability Conformity Assessment

This coordination and support action (CSA) aims at maintaining and developing the adoption and take-up of testing of eHealth standards and specifications as defined in the eHealth European Interoperability Framework (eEIF). The proposal should aim at the establishment of a sustainable European Conformance Assessment Scheme associated with the maintenance of the eEIF, fostering a wider eHealth interoperability uptake for the entire European market.

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Largest Global Study on mHealth Released

The mHealth App Developer Economics 2015, which has been conducted for the fifth time this year is the largest global study on mHealth app publishing. It focuses on the current status of the mHealth app market and provides an outlook of market trends over the next five years.

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Mobile Technology - a New Infection Risk?

Opinion Article by Mike Casey, CEO of FutureNova, former NHS CIO.
Before the advent of modern medicine, a stay in hospital was a risky business - in a crowded, dirty ward, an infection could spread like wildfire. The introduction of good hygiene practices, followed by the development of penicillin, resulted in a dramatic fall in infection rates.

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Agfa HealthCare Obtains over 250 New Enterprise Imaging Agreements

Agfa HealthCare, a leading provider of diagnostic imaging and healthcare IT solutions, announces today that it has acquired over 250 new agreements for its innovative Enterprise Imaging solution since its launch.

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TransferWise, Nextome and Clue Rewarded as European Web Entrepreneurs of The Year

The European Commission, Deloitte, LEWIS PR and the European Young Innovators Forum have rewarded the winners of the 2015 Web Entrepreneur of The Year Awards. Europioneers is part of Startup Europe initiative and celebrates the success of web initiatives in the European Union for the third consecutive year.

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Open Call DS-03-2016: Increasing Digital Security of Health Related Data on a Systemic Level

Proposals would provide a holistic approach to address challenges of secure storage and exchange (including cross-border) of data, protection and control over personal data, and security of health related data gathered by mobile devices combined with the usability of the eHealth solutions.

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Games for Health Finland wins a European Enterprise Promotion Award in Luxembourg

Games for Health Finland, which promotes innovative solutions in the health and wellness sector, was chosen as the national winner in the 9th European Enterprise Promotion Awards. The awards were presented at the SME Assembly held in Luxembourg from 18 to 20 November 2015.

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