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VIGOR++ Workshop 2014 - Showcase of Research Outcomes and Future Outlook

9 May 2014, London, UK.
This workshop is the third in the series and will showcase the outcomes, including a system demonstration, of the VIGOR++ project and explore future work in the integration of clinical data and MRI image analysis, classification and visualisation within the concept of the Virtual Physiological Human.

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HIMSS Holland eHealth Exchange to be Launched at WoHIT 2014

2 - 4 April 2014, Nice, France.
HIMSS Europe is launching the HIMSS Holland eHealth Exchange, a group primarily aimed at Dutch professionals working with healthcare and IT from both public and private sector. The Netherlands currently holds the second highest number of HIMSS EMRAM Stage 6 hospitals only outnumbered by Spain.

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The Human Brain Project Just Got Bigger

One of the biggest EU-funded initiatives, the Human Brain Project (HBP), today announced the beneficiaries of its €8.3 million competitive call for new partners. 32 organisations from 13 countries - Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland and the UK - will join the partnership. This represents a 40% increase in the number of partners in the HBP consortium.

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Agfa HealthCare Inaugurates New Offices, Reinforcing Commitment to Important Middle East Healthcare Market

Agfa HealthCare has announced the inauguration of its new offices in Riyadh, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The offices were officially opened with the participation of H.R.H. Astrid of Belgium, and in the presence of dignitaries from Belgium and Saudi Arabia, including high level delegations from the Ministry of Health, H.E. Marc Vinck (Belgian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) and Guenther Schreiber (Director of Agfa HealthCare Export Region).

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Bristol Clinicians to Gain Easier Access to Radiology Images

Clinicians across Bristol are set to share radiology images far more effectively and improve patient care following the implementation of the Connect and Share registry. As an extension to the Image Exchange Portal (IEP) used across every NHS trust, Connect and Share has successfully completed extensive testing at University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust. It is now entering the final stages of a pilot programme, before benefiting thousands of clinicians and their patients, with at least two other trusts in the region due to come on board.

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European Research Project Aims at Early Diagnosis of Memory Disorders

The PredictND project, started by European research organisations, aims at developing and validating new procedures for the earlier diagnosis of memory disorders and for detecting individuals at high risk of developing memory disorders. Millions of Europeans who are at risk for experiencing any kind of memory loss would benefit from such a solution. The novel approach will be tested on 800 patients in four hospitals in Finland, Denmark, the Netherlands and Italy.

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Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust Awards Advanced Health & Care Preferred Supplier Status

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust (the "Trust") has awarded preferred supplier status to leading software provider Advanced Health & Care ("Advanced") following a formal tendering process. Advanced will provide a single integrated and interoperable electronic health record solution across all of the Trust’s clinical pathways including child, community and mental health, and specialised services.

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Doctors 2.0 & You to Address the "Explosion of Digital Health Tools" with New Subjects, Speakers, Partners

5 - 6 June 2014, Paris, France.
Doctors 2.0 & You, partner of Stanford Medicine X and known for its 360° inclusive perspective on the patient, the physician, and digital tools, today announced 4th edition highlights. Remarking that "healthcare is now a recognized part of the explosion in social media, apps, quantified self and wearables," founder Denise Silber, confirms that "the June, 2014 program will provide an intensive look at the many moving parts of digital health and their results to date. How do patients and physicians benefit?"

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ONCOassist Deployed in The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as Enterprise System

Portable Medical Technology and The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust have announced an enterprise agreement which will see ONCOassist, Portable Medical Technology's revolutionary CE approved software system being deployed as the main oncology decision support system used within Clatterbridge.

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Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust Selects Specialist Partner to Improve Patient Data

Recently merged Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust are working with Stalis, specialists in integrated care record solutions, to conduct a large-scale data migration and archive project ensuring only accurate, valid and complete data is fed into the trust's new electronic patient record (EPR) system for University Hospital Lewisham. The new EPR system is expected to have patient administration and clinical functionality for the trust.

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