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Open Software Platform for Ambient Assisted Living at conhIT 2014

Sekoia, an open software platform for applications in the welfare area, will be presented to the public at conhIT 2014. In very short time Sekoia has turned a market out of supporting nursing homes and similar institutions from Denmark with a flexible assisted living platform. The main approach was to simplify and ease the daily life of workers and inhabitants in all types of care homes from the country.

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Central Topic at conhIT 2014: Measures Needed to Ensure Interoperability in Outpatient Care

6 - 8 May 2014, Berlin, Germany.
Healthcare policymakers are demanding greater cooperation in the organisation of outpatient care and closer networking among the relevant sectors responsible for patient care. A new specialist medical outpatient care sector is currently being set up that will make it mandatory for resident practitioners and hospitals to cooperate. Furthermore, healthcare insurances and statutory health insurance-registered physicians also support networking among doctors and regional cooperation among service providers.

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RaySearch Establishes Sales and Support Company in Germany

RaySearch has established a German subsidiary, RaySearch Germany GmbH. The new subsidiary is fully responsible for the marketing, sales and service of RaySearch’s proprietary treatment planning system RayStation® in Germany, Austria and the German-speaking parts of Switzerland. It will serve new as well as existing customers such as DKFZ and WPE in Germany and MedAustron in Austria.

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Healthcare DENMARK: Innovating Better Life

Healthcare DENMARK is a public-private partnership with a national, political mandate to promote Danish healthcare solutions and competencies abroad. The partnership is a framework for linking international partners with efficient Danish solutions and does not represent any individual company or product. Healthcare DENMARK is funded by the following public and private partners:

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Imaging Gives Clearer Picture of Cancer Drugs' Chances of Success

The quest for new cancer treatments could be revolutionised by advances in technology that can visualise living cells and tissues, scientists claim. Leading edge imaging techniques will make it easier to identify which are the most promising new drugs to take forward for patient testing, a review of the technology suggests. Applying such techniques early in the drug discovery process could improve the success rate of new medicines by helping to rule out drugs that are unlikely to work.

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Danish Healthcare System to Provide Elsevier's ClinicalKey to Clinicians Across Entire Country

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, announced today that Denmark has decided to provide access to Elsevier's ClinicalKey to more than 19,000 healthcare professionals across the country. The Danish Regions and Denmark's Electronic Research Library (DEFF) chose to provide ClinicalKey, Elsevier's innovative online search tool, to make electronic medical information available to healthcare professionals in a cohesive, simple way.

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Present to the Highest Level of Healthcare IT Decision Makers in Turkey

4 - 5 June 2014, Istanbul, Turkey.
HIMSS Europe and the Turkish Ministry of Health have announced a five-year partnership designed to open the country's hospitals to the very best in terms of health informatics best practice. It is no surprise that HIMSS Turkey Conference programme has attracted some of the leading lights in healthcare in Turkey.

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The Trade Fair Highlights at conhIT 2014

6 - 8 May 2014, Berlin, Germany.
More than 350 exhibitors will be displaying their latest products and services at conhIT in Berlin. Many of the companies have developed products which they will showing to the public for the first time at conhIT. The publication entitled 'conhIT trade fair highlights' lists 32 exhibitors who have provided texts and images describing their latest, most interesting and innovative IT products, which they will be showing to trade visitors at Europe's largest event for health IT.

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Carers UK and Tunstall Healthcare UK Announce Transformational Partnership

Carers UK and Tunstall Healthcare UK have announced an exciting new partnership - with a forward thinking programme to make life better for carers. The partnership brings together 100 years combined experience of supporting families caring for loved ones and will be focused on providing innovative, technology based solutions for a growing social issue.

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The Personal Connected Health Alliance Launches with Goal to Improve Health and Wellness through Connected Technologies

The Personal Connected Health Alliance, an international non-profit organization established by Continua Health Alliance, mHealth Summit and HIMSS to represent the consumer voice in personal connected health, formally launched. PCHA will build upon the global reach, leadership and resources of its founding organizations, to ensure that personal connected health technologies, such as smartphones, mobile apps, sensors and personal health tracking devices, are user-friendly, secure and can easily collect, display and relay personal health data.

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