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ICT Proposers' Day

9 - 10 October 2014, Florence, Italy.
The ICT Proposers' day 2014 is a networking event organised by the European Commission to promote European ICT Research and Innovation. This event is specifically dedicated to networking and promoting research and innovation in the field of Information and Communication Technologies. The event will focus on networking for the Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2015.

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2014 eHealth Summer University

2 - 4 July 2014, Castres, France.
Organised by Castres-Mazamet Technopole and the Centre e-santé / Platinnes, the eHealth Summer University brings together each year participants, stakeholders and decision-makers from the healthcare and social technological innovation sector, to discuss the practice, technologies and applications for the use of ICT in the field of health and well-being.

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Scientists Break the Genetic Code for Diabetes in Greenland

New Danish genetics research explains the high incidence of type 2 diabetes in the Greenlandic population. The ground-breaking findings have just been published in the prestigious scientific journal Nature. A spectacular piece of detective work has mapped a special gene variant among Greenlanders which plays a particularly important role in the development of type 2 diabetes.

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Strokefinder Quickly Differentiates Bleeding Strokes from Clot-Induced Strokes

The results from the initial clinical studies involving the microwave helmet Strokefinder confirm the usefulness of microwaves for rapid and accurate diagnosis of stroke patients. This is shown in a scientific article being published on June 16. Strokefinder enables earlier diagnosis than current methods, which improves the possibility to counteract brain damage.

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Swedish Diabetes App Video Wins Two International Awards

A video promoting Triabetes™, the all-in-one diabetes control app from Swedish medtech firm Diabetes Tools, won the "Internet/Online Video - Health and Fitness" category at the 35th Annual Telly Awards in New York, USA on 16 June 2014.

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Agfa HealthCare Honored for Operational Excellence in Information Technology by Premier, Inc.

Agfa HealthCare is a winner of Premier, Inc.'s Supplier Legacy Award for operational excellence and builds on a relationship between Agfa HealthCare and Premier that spans nearly two decades. The award recognizes the company as a leader in healthcare IT for its "gold standard" enterprise imaging solution, ICIS, and additional IT solutions and service offerings.

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Open Source Drives Novel Home Healthcare Project

OpenTele, a home healthcare monitoring project that is being successfully piloted in Denmark, is available as open source. The Danish government is planning to implement the software all over the country, starting next year. The software is available on Github and can be re-used by health care organisations in other countries.

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ICT Tool to Help Patients with Brain Trauma

Traumatic brain injuries affect 1.6 million people in the EU every year. 70,000 don't survive and a further 100,000 are left with a permanent disability. An EU-funded project - with partners in Finland, France, Lithuania and the UK - is collecting data from hundreds of patients who have suffered brain trauma and using it to build software which will improve diagnosis and predict the outcome of treatments.

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Announcement of Winners of Doctors 2.0 & You International Digital Health Start-up Contest #doctors20

Doctors 2.0 & You 4th Edition Start-up Contest announced the winning and runner-up digital health start-up companies. First place was awarded to Medivizor (Israel) represented by Tal Givoly. Second place was awarded to Medexo (Germany) represented by Jan-Christoph Loh.

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Lack of Real-Time Information Affects 88% of Community Healthcare Workers' Ability to Do their Jobs

Lack of access to patient information in real-time is affecting the ability of 88% of community health workers to perform their roles, reveals a study of 17 healthcare organisations throughout the UK.

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