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Member States Take Major Step in eHealth Cooperation to Improve Care for Patients Across EU Borders

Yesterday, at the 4 th eHealth Network meeting in Brussels, guidelines were adopted to make it possible to share basic health information for a patient across borders. These guidelines were developed and agreed by the eHealth Network. The Network is co-chaired by the Commission and Austria, as the Member States' chair, and brings together all 28 EU countries.

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IBM Partners with the UICC to Use Big Data to Build Cancer Registries in Developing Nations

IBM (NYSE: IBM) is working with the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) to create the world's largest and most comprehensive clinical dataset on cancer patients by building cancer registries in developing nations. The effort will begin in Sub-Saharan Africa, where less than 1% of the region's population is covered by a cancer registry.

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Northgate and Sollis Provide New system to Improve Patient Care for Gloucestershire and Swindon CCGs

Northgate Public Services (Northgate) and Sollis have announced a successful deployment of the Sollis Clarity Patients solution with integrated Adjusted Clinical Groups (ACGs) across Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and Swindon CCG, as a hosted service to over 100 GP practices across the areas.

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Flagship Technology Bestows the Power of Speech

The first speech recognition aid to give a voice to people with severe speech impairment was the flagship technology on display at the launch of the University of Sheffield's new Centre for Assistive Technology and Connected Healthcare (CATCH). The voice input voice output communication aid, VIVOCA, is the only technology able to interpret the sounds made by people with speech impairment and translate them into clear, synthesized speech - enabling users to communicate beyond their close family and friends for the first time.

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Opinion Article: Clinical Skills - Why Educators Need a Sea Change in their Approach

By Val Dimmock, simulation and clinical skills facilitator at Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
The key to delivering safe, high quality care is a knowledgeable, competent and confident workforce, yet the Francis Report shows that the NHS is struggling to ensure that staff develop and maintain the necessary skills. Val Dimmock, simulation and clinical skills facilitator at Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, says clinical skills leads must adopt a new approach to training, supported by innovative online learning tools.

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MEDICA 2013: Meeting Point for Top Decision-Makers in the Medical Industry

20 - 23 November 2013, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Once again the professional scene in the international health and medical care industry looks toward Düsseldorf. Throughout this period, the initiation will take place of the MEDICA 2013 - World Forum for Medicine, the world’s largest medical trade fair and the and the COMPAMED 2013 - High Tech Solutions for Medical Technology, the leading trade fair for the supplier market for medical technology manufacturing.

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Somatom Force Now Further Opens Computed Tomography to Highly Sensitive Patient Group

Somatom Force - the new computer tomograph (CT) from Siemens - had its first public presentation worldwide at the University Medical Centre Mannheim, Germany. In its first few weeks of clinical use at Mannheim's Institute for Clinical Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, the third generation of Dual Source computed tomography (CT scanners each with two radiation tubes and detectors) enabled considerably quicker and more precise diagnoses at reduced doses.

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The Healthcare Informatics Society of Ireland's Stakeholders Summit

20 November 2013, Dublin, Ireland.
The Healthcare Informatics Society of Ireland's Stakeholders Summit is taking place on 20th November 2013 at the Irish Computer Society HQ and Ballsbridge Hotel, Pembroke Road Dublin 4. The summit is a unique one day event featuring plenary sessions and skills workshops on the outcomes of eHealth Week 2013 that was held in Dublin in May of this year.

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Biomax Informatics Investing Big to Develop a Knowledge Solution for Mental Health

Biomax Informatics AG will invest nearly 1 million Euro over the next 4 years to transfer its successful systems medicine approach from respiratory and chronic diseases to mental health. The European Commission is co-financing this step with €650,000 as part of the METSY project. In the project, Biomax will provide the knowledge management platform and data integration for consortium partners from industry, research and clinics who are searching for associations between psychotic disorders, lipid metabolism and metabolism-related diseases such as obesity and diabetes.

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Seven New Hospitals from the Netherlands, France and Spain win HIMSS Europe Awards

HIMSS Europe has awarded seven new hospitals in Europe with Stage 6 Award during the fourth edition of HIMSS Europe CIO Summit, that took place in Madrid, Spain, from the 12th to 14th. Stage 6 & 7 hospitals provide best practices that other healthcare organizations can study as they strive to use EMR applications to improve patient safety, clinical outcomes and patient care delivery efficiency.

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