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Philips and Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam Aim to Improve Care for Diabetic Patients

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) and Academic Medical Center (AMC) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, have announced their collaboration in a European multi-center clinical study to investigate a new diagnostic technique targeting immediate assessment of the results of a minimally-invasive treatment for diabetic foot and critical limb ischemia.

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Doctors 2.0 & You 7 Start-up Finalists to Enter the Last Round of the Contest

4 - 5 June 2015, Paris, France.
Doctors 2.0 & You, the international healthcare social media conference in Europe, has announced the names of the seven digital health start-up candidates who will compete in the start-up contest, June 4-5, 2015 on the campus of  Cité Universitaire Internationale in Paris.

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Västerbotten County Council in Sweden Chooses MetaVision County-Wide

iMDsoft announced that Västerbotten County Council in Sweden has chosen the MetaVision clinical information system for all their critical care departments. The council, which is comprised of Norrland University Hospital in Umeå, Lycksele Hospital, and Skellefteå Hospital, will install MetaVision in 160 beds, including NICUs, ICUs, CTICUs, intermediate care units, ORs and PACUs.

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WHINN 2015: Week of Health and INNovation 2015

19 - 23 October 2015, Odense, Denmark.
WHINN 2015, Week of Health & INNovation, brings you new knowledge, inspiration and insight into the newest research and international trends. Several conferences, events and initiatives are part of WHINN, and results in unexpected encounters, which could be the beginning of new business, new collaborations and new opportunities.

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Robot Walker for Elderly People in Public Spaces

Elderly people with walking difficulties are often intimidated by busy public places. This led an EU research project to develop a robot walker to guide them around shopping centres, museums and other public buildings, thus enhancing their autonomy. Shopping centres, airports, museums and hospitals are the kind of complex and confusing environments where elderly people on the verge of cognitive decline could have difficulties walking around without help.

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Millimeter by Millimeter Towards a Better Prognosis

A method known as navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation (nTMS) has been gaining importance in neurosurgery for some time now. Among other applications, it is used to map brain tumors before an operation and to test whether important regions of the brain, for example motor and language areas, are affected. Doctors at the Technische Universität München (TUM) have now shown that preoperative nTMS analysis of motor areas improves the prognosis of patients with malignant brain tumors.

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Microtech and Trustmarque Join Forces to Support Scottish eHealth Drive

Scottish health boards can now enjoy quicker access to a broader range of IT services following a new partnership agreement between Microtech Support and Trustmarque Solutions. Under the NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) Software and Services framework agreement, all NHS organisations in Scotland can purchase software and IT services and benefit from favourable pricing and consistent contract terms.

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NHS Open to Global Innovation: Healthcare Leaders Launch Search for Best New Ideas from Around the World

A worldwide call has been launched for innovators to partner with local health and care systems in trialling new technologies, digital services and other innovations with the potential to deliver big benefits to patients and taxpayers alike.

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Industry Overview: The Medical Technology Industry in Germany

Global demand for innovative medical technology solutions continues to grow as we live longer, healthier lives. "Medical devices made in Germany" make a significant contribution to enhancing patient health care and quality of life around the world. Medical technologies developed in Germany benefit from a world-class research and business environment, with the sector's predominantly small and medium-sized companies enjoying an international reputation as innovators and market leaders.

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Transinsight Wins Public Tender for the National Academy of Sciences - Leopoldina for Creating a Semantic Search Engine on Demographic Change

Social consequences associated with demographic change are difficult to predict, but at the same time highly important. Predictions about the development of a predominately ageing society require a reliable database from which predictions can be calculated.

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