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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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Getting IT Right: Technology and the NHS

Opinion Article by Julia Ball, Assistant Director of Nursing at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.
When I walk through the doors of a supermarket, I usually have a very good idea of what I want to buy. When NHS trusts are looking to procure an IT system however, they will often only have a basic knowledge of their specific requirements. One example of this is when clinical and IT teams do not have a common understanding around what is needed from the technology.

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COCIR eHealth Toolkit 2015

COCIR has launched the newest edition of its eHealth Toolkit, subtitled 'Integrated Care: Breaking the Silos'. This year's toolkit focuses on the value of Integrated Care, the challenges in implementing it and how health ICT technologies and procurement possibilities can facilitate it. The toolkit outlines supporting IT concepts, such as Cloud Computing and Managed Services, which will help Integrated Care becoming a reality.

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Carestream to Show Broad Range of New Medical Imaging and Healthcare IT Products at Health-IT Expo 2015

Carestream will demonstrate new developments to its advanced imaging IT platform during HIT 2015, the leading French exhibition for healthcare technologies and information systems to be held from 19-21st May at Paris Expo, Pavilion 1, Porte de Versailles, Paris, France.

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