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Google Fit Preview SDK Now Available

Google has announced Google Fit: an open platform for developers to more easily build fitness apps. According to the official blog post, Google Fit provides a single set of APIs for apps and device manufacturers to store and access activity data from fitness apps and sensors on Android and other devices (like wearables, heart rate monitors or connected scales).

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Opinion Article: Revolution or Evolution in Personal Health Record (PHR)?

By Rok Vrbica, CEO of CodeMonkee.
PHR (personal health record) is a health record where health data of a patient is maintained by the patient. Majority of today’s solutions are web-based applications. While mobile apps are focused mainly on a single problem, web solutions are comprehensive PHRs.

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The Swiss Medical Technology Industry 2014: The Dawn of a New Era

This is the fourth full edition of the Swiss Medical Technology Industry (SMTI) Report first initiated in 2006. This issue is based on growing industry participation - over 340 firms contributed their insight and facts to this report. Over the years we observed a fundamental shift in business behavior within the industry from soaring double digit growth to single digit growth in today's consolidating world.

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Opinion Article: Opening Up to Open Source

By Shane Tickell, CEO of IMS MAXIMS.
A year ago I declared that IMS MAXIMS was considering making its MAXIMS PAS and EPR available as an open source solution to the NHS. At that point, we were "far from committed to the model" but were engaging with our customers, sounding out the market and getting to grips with the benefits for both IMS MAXIMS and the wider health economy.

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Agfa HealthCare - Second Quarter 2014

Agfa HealthCare's revenue decreased by 10.5 percent. On a currency comparable basis, the decrease amounted to 6.4 percent. A major adverse element was the economic weakness in most of the emerging markets. This particularly affected sales of the Imaging segment's traditional film products. In the segment's digital radiography business (consisting of Computed Radiography, Direct Radiography and the hardcopy business), the DR product range posted very strong sales growth.

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Your Door to the Most Influential Health IT Audience in Europe

6 - 7 October 2014, Rome, Italy (HIMSS Europe CIO Summit).
7 - 8 October 2014, Rome, Italy (The European Telemedicine Conference).
HIMSS Europe has announced that the Italian Presidency of the Council of the EU will co-locate the 'Conference on eHealth' with the European Telemedicine Conference. The Conference will focus on the national guidelines adopted in Italy for a comparison with other countries. Particular attention will be paid to ethical, legal, security and transferability of best practices in Telemedicine beyond national and regional boundaries.

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Apple Introduces Robust Framework HealthKit

Apple® has released its iOS 8 SDK, the biggest developer release ever with more than 4,000 new APIs, giving developers the ability to create amazing new apps like never before. iOS 8 allows developers to further customize the user experience with major extensibility features like Notification Center widgets and third-party keyboards; and introduces robust frameworks such as HealthKit and HomeKit.

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A Novel Decision Support System Makes Malaria Diagnostics More Effective

A Finnish-Swedish research group at the Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, and Karolinska institutet, Stockholm, has developed a novel "man and machine" decision support system for diagnosing malaria infection. This innovative diagnostic aid was described in PLOS One scientific journal.

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Life-Threatening Kidney Injuries to Be Prevented by Pioneering NHS Trust in Collaboration with Patientrack

Acute kidney injuries that contribute to tens of thousands of deaths in England every year could soon be avoided due to the launch of a ground-breaking project at Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the support of Patientrack, a real-time patient vital signs, early warning and alerting system.

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The National Health Innovation Hub Model for Ireland

The Government of Ireland has announced that a National Health Innovation Hub with the potential to support hundreds of new companies and thousands of new jobs will be established in 2014, following the success of a Demonstrator project in Cork and an independent evaluation of its role. The National Health Innovation Hub will be a win-win for businesses, the health system - and most importantly, for job-creation:

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