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Estonian Government Launches eHealth Task Force

Estonian Government has decided to set up the eHealth Task Force to operate within the Government Office, with the goal being to develop a strategic development plan for Estonian eHealth until 2020, along with a detailed implementation plan.

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Philips to Implement a New Management Structure in Healthcare to Improve Performance

Royal Philips (NYSE:PHG, AEX:PHIA) today announced that it is implementing a new management structure in its Healthcare sector to improve performance and allow it to respond better to evolving customer demands in a changing health care landscape. In this new model, the Healthcare business groups will report directly to Philips Chief Executive Officer Frans van Houten, thereby removing one management layer.

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az groeninge Expands Relationship with Agfa HealthCare, Selecting IMPAX RIS/PACS and Complete Enterprise Imaging Platform

Agfa HealthCare announced that az groeninge hospital in Kortrijk, Belgium has chosen to replace its existing third-party picture archiving and communication system (PACS) with a comprehensive IMPAX RIS/PACS/Reporting solution. Agfa HealthCare will provide all hardware (excluding the storage) and will manage both hardware and software, under an Agfa HealthCare System Management agreement.

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All Roads Lead to Rome for Europe's Leaders in Health IT

6 - 7 October 2014, Rome, Italy (HIMSS Europe CIO Summit)
7 - 8 October 2014, Rome, Italy (The European Telemedicine Conference)
This year, Italy will be the country hosting the two events taking place in the autumn: the HIMSS Europe CIO Summit and the European Telemedicine Conference (ETC). Join the events this fall in the beautiful city of Rome to network and engage with Europe's high level decision makers and peers.

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Have Your Say on the Future of Science: Public Consultation on Science 2.0

The European Commission has launched a public consultation on 'Science 2.0', in order to gauge the trend towards a more open, data-driven and people-focused way of doing research and innovation. Researchers are using digital tools to get thousands of people participating in research, for example by asking them to report if they catch flu in order to monitor outbreaks and predict possible epidemics.

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Fraunhofer MEVIS Delivers Digital Infrastructure for Germany's Largest Health Study

June marks the beginning of the National Cohort (NAKO), a long-term study of 200,000 subjects, the broadest of its kind in Germany to date. Gathering MRI data of up to 30,000 subjects is central to the study. These images help scientists gain valuable insight into the formation and development of diseases.

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The Rehabilitation Gaming System (RGS)

The Rehabilitation Gaming System (RGS) is a novel and highly innovative ICT Virtual Reality (VR) tool for the rehabilitation of motor deficits of the upper extremities after a brain lesion due to stroke. The system deploys an individualized game training that combines movement execution with the observation of a correlated action by virtual limbs that are displayed in a first-person perspective.

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Health IT Space for Health IT Professionals

DAVID eHealth & Pharma UG, a research and development SME, has launched the beta version of the first business social networking platform for health IT professionals, named Health IT Space (Europe).

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Computer-Aided Diagnosis of Rare Genetic Disorders from Family Snaps

Computer analysis of photographs could help doctors diagnose which condition a child with a rare genetic disorder has, say Oxford University researchers. The researchers, funded in part by the Medical Research Council (MRC), have come up with a computer programme that recognises facial features in photographs; looks for similarities with facial structures for various conditions, such as Down's syndrome, Angelman syndrome, or Progeria; and returns possible matches ranked by likelihood.

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Philips and Salesforce.com Announce a Strategic Alliance to Deliver Cloud-based Healthcare Information Technology

In a move to accelerate the transformation of the healthcare industry, Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG AEX: PHIA) and salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM) have announced a strategic alliance to deliver an open, cloud-based healthcare platform, leveraging Philips' leading positions in medical technology, clinical applications and clinical informatics and salesforce.com's leadership in enterprise cloud computing, innovation and customer engagement.

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