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HIMSS Turkey 2014: Expand your Business in Developing Markets

4 - 5 June 2014, Istanbul, Turkey.
This is the first time the conference will be held in Turkey. With all the exciting developments happening, this event promises to be an exciting gathering for both public and private participants from Turkey and abroad. HIMSS is currently collecting data from all 820 public hospitals in Turkey and will provide an overview from the data collection at the conference.

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HMA, The University of Sheffield and Tunstall Healthcare Collaborate to Develop New mHealth Assist Mobile Platform

Tunstall Healthcare, the leading provider of technology enabled care services, is collaborating with The Centre for Assistive Technology and Connected Healthcare (CATCH) at the University of Sheffield, and HMA Digital Marketing to develop 'mHealth Assist', an innovative mobile technology platform.

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Horizon 2020, Work Programme 2014-2015: Health, Demographic Change and Wellbeing

The Horizon 2020 societal challenge of 'health, demographic change and wellbeing' (SC1) for the years 2014 and 2015 includes 34 topics in the 'personalising health and care' focus area call (15 in 2014 only, 17 in 2015 only and 2 which are open in both years) and 16 topics in the 'co-ordination activities' call (11 in 2014 and 5 in 2015). 8 other actions designed to support the implementation of the challenge are also included and are not subject to competitive calls for proposals. The total budget available is approximately EUR 1.21 bn.

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New IMI Project to Incorporate Real Life Data into Drug Development

The Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) has launched a new project called GETREAL that will investigate new ways of integrating data from real life settings, such as clinics, into drug development. This will assist healthcare decision makers when deciding how best to grant patients access to a new treatment and help pharmaceutical companies to take better decisions during drug development.

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iMDsoft Presents Unique Data Management Capabilities for ICUs

iMDsoft® is committed to providing clinical information systems that ensure the best possible intensive care. MetaVision® for critical care is built to deliver results in areas of the hospital with the highest cost, morbidity, mortality and revenue. With iMDsoft's sophisticated software, hospitals can quickly create significant value by cutting costs, capturing revenue, enforcing high-impact protocols at the point of care and improving clinical outcomes.

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Antilope Calls for Development of eHealth Testing Tools

Today the EU-funded Antilope project published a request for proposals (RFP) for developing testing tools that further enhance testing for the profiles and standards needed to implement the use cases identified in the European eHealth Interoperability Framework (eEIF). These new testing tools will serve to further advance eHealth interoperability in Europe. The Antilope project has published a list of testing tools that are used to ensure interoperability with existing IT infrastructures, services and devices.

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Agfa HealthCare - Full Year 2013

Adverse currency effects had a strong impact on Agfa HealthCare's top line in 2013. Excluding these effects, revenue decline would be limited to 1.1 percent. In the IT segment, both Imaging IT and Enterprise IT performed well. The business group's revenue decline is attributable to the Imaging segment's traditional X-ray film business. It should be mentioned that in 2012, the traditional business was marked by a strong recovery following slow sales in 2011.

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Phantom Limb Pain Relieved with Augmented Reality

Researcher at Chalmers University of Technology, University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University Hospital has developed a new method for the treatment of phantom limb pain (PLP) after an amputation. The method is based on a unique combination of several technologies, and has been initially tested on a patient who has suffered from severe phantom limb pain for 48 years. A case study shows a drastic reduction of pain.

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Tunstall wins Hanover Housing Association Tender for Alarm Call and Door Entry Framework

Hanover Housing Association has entered into a new long term alarm call and door entry framework agreement with Tunstall Healthcare, the leading provider of telehealth and telecare solutions, to help deliver consistency across Hanover's UK property portfolio, ensuring sustainability, value for money and innovation.

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3 Research Projects that Led to High-Tech Spin-Offs

Today the European Women Innovator Award was awarded to Ana Maiques @ana_maiques. Ms Maiques said: "To be a top innovator, you have to be able to do cutting edge science - but also take it to market." This is exactly what she has done with her spin-off company Neuroelectrics @Neuroelectrics which develops revolutionary brain devices.

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