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€80 Million Available for Europe's SMEs

The European Commission has launched the FIWARE Accelerator Programme. €80 million will be awarded to SMEs, Startups and web-entrepreneurs using FIWARE Technologies. The FIWARE Accelerator is a network of European organisations which has already launched first calls for proposals earlier this month.

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mHealth Summit Europe 2015 and eHealth Week Join Forces

11 - 12 May 2015, Riga, Latvia.
The mHealth Summit Europe will be back in 2015 as a part of eHealth Week in Riga, Latvia. The Summit will be opening eHealth Week like no other event, providing international thought leadership on how we can fulfil the mHealth promise with a focus on "Revitalizing the mHealth Agenda in Europe".

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iMDsoft Launches New Version of the MetaVision Clinical Information System

iMDsoft® announced the release of a new version of its clinical information system, MetaVision 6. Based on the latest technology, this release introduces new functionality designed to increase patient safety, such as advanced electronic medication management and multi-patient views. MetaVision's updated graphical user interface makes for an intuitive user experience, enabling faster navigation between patients and fewer clicks.

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EMIS Group to Deliver Integrated EPR for Gibraltar

EMIS Group has won its first international whole healthcare economy contract - to deliver a fully integrated electronic patient record (EPR) for up to 50,000 patients in Gibraltar. The contract, worth £3.5m over the first 18 months and up to £11.25 million over the full 10 year term, is with the Gibraltar Health Authority (GHA).

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SUSTAINS Project: 25 Partners Meet in Treviso to Talk about Online Access of Patients to Their Personal Clinical Data

For one day, 16th September 2014, Treviso (Italy) is going to become the eHealth capital city in Europe as for online access of patients to their personal clinical data thanks to the project steering committee meeting of SUSTAINS. It is a European initiative that gathers 16 partners from 11 different countries (and 13 EU regions) that aims at studying and experimenting eHealth services that guarantee citizens/patients a direct online access to their personal clinical data.

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New Evidence Points to Outcomes and Cost Benefits of Telemedicine in Managing Chronic Diseases

Congestive heart failure, stroke, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are three of the leading causes of death in the U.S. The use of telemedicine to help manage chronic diseases such as these can yield clear benefits including fewer and shorter hospital stays, fewer emergency room visits, less severe illness, and even fewer deaths, as reported in a study published in Telemedicine and e-Health, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers.

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Are You a Startup in Digital Health, Smart Energy, Smart Home, or Communication?

Apply now to Next Step Challenge - Europe's most ambitious and unique business development program with a grand prize of €250,000. The application deadline for Next Step Challenge is midnight CET on Tuesday September 30, 2014.

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Horizon 2020 Calls for eHealth Projects: H2020-PHC-2015-Single-Stage and H2020-PHC-2015-Two-Stage

The European Commission is calling for new eHealth projects. They are to be funded under the H2020-PHC-2015-single-stage and H2020-PHC-2015-two-stage sub calls of H2020-PHC-2014-2015. Researchers and innovators in Health IT are requested to apply before 21 April 2015.

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Advanced Health & Care Launches Care Portal for Both Care Workers and Service Users

Advanced Health & Care (Advanced), a leading supplier of IT systems for the care sector, has launched Staffplan Care Portal, a web-based portal, which provides service users and care workers with real-time access to information. The portal will enable care organisations to improve transparency and communication.

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RE.WORK Health Summit

12 - 13 February 2015, Dublin, Ireland.
RE.WORK Health Summit will showcase the opportunities of accelerating technologies and their impact on health and medicine. How will advancing technologies such as telemedicine, stem cells, synthetic biology and robotics affect our future healthcare? Learn from global experts.

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