6 - 7 October 2014, Rome, Italy (HIMSS Europe CIO Summit)
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.
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.
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).
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.
Guidelines to help business users save money and get the most out of cloud computing services are being presented to the European Commission today. Cloud computing allows individuals, businesses and the public sector to store their data and carry out data processing in remote data centres, saving on average 10 - 20%.
iMDsoft®, a leader in clinical information systems, announced that MetaVision® has gone live throughout the public health system for the entire Sjælland region of Denmark. The system was implemented in over 330 beds across the critical care and perioperative environments of seven hospitals, including adult and neonatal ICUs, pre-op units, ORs and PACUs.
Tunstall Healthcare, the leading provider of technology enabled care services, has signed an agreement with European critical connectivity company, CSL DualCom, to deploy the DualCom SafeLink® network monitoring device as part of its provision to housing and social care providers.