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Expertise is Everything: Call for Papers Announced for conhIT Congress 2014

6 - 8 May 2014, Berlin, Germany.
Following the success of the conhIT Congress in 2013, under the supervision of its new president Prof Dr Paul Schmücker the 2014 Congress will feature 18 sessions instead of 12. From 7 to 31 October Healthcare IT professionals can apply to hold papers at six sessions. Details of the call for papers are now available online.

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Are You a Part of the Telemedicine Revolution?

29 - 30 October 2013, Edinburgh, UK.
Support for the first European Telemedicine Conference is gaining momentum with delegate sales exceeding expectations already. The Conference is the one place to meet health and social care managers and practitioners, independent sector care providers, IT professionals, government & regional decision makers, academics, researchers, innovators and vendors who are passionate about telemedicine. That's why IBM has chosen to sponsor the inaugural European Telemedicine Conference at the highest level.

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Philips Installs First Allura Centron Interventional X-ray System in Europe

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) announces the first European installation of its new Allura Centron interventional X-ray (iXR) system - at the Clinique Pasteur in Toulouse, France. The Allura Centron system is designed for cardiac and electrophysiology procedures but can also be used effectively in neurological and vascular procedures. As part of the well-known Allura family of systems, it builds on proven technology to offer excellent image quality, ease of use and a familiar workflow.

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Global CIOs Converge on Amsterdam

31 October - 1 November 2013, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
HIMSS Europe has announced a world-class conference agenda at HIMSS Amsterdam 2013 on 31 October and 1 November. Join us and learn about the most up-to-date developments and gain insights into the critical issues facing HIT leaders today. Hear from global CIOs as they confront today's major challenges in health IT.

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4th Healthcare IT Exchange

02 - 04 December 2013, Manchester, United Kingdom.
The 4th Healthcare IT Exchange will once again bring together CIOs, IM&T Directors, CCIOs, government representatives and leading solution providers to discuss how public and private organisations can drive greater efficiencies and improve quality of care in times of restrained budgets and change for the healthcare sector.

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Great Potential for Faster Diagnoses with New Method

The more accurately we can diagnose a disease, the greater the chance that the patient will survive. That is why many researchers are working to improve the quality of the diagnostic process. Researchers at the Nano-Science Center, University of Copenhagen have discovered a method that will make the process faster, cheaper and more accurate. This is possible, because they are combining advanced tools used in physics for research in biology at nanoscale, two scientific disciplines usually very distant from each other.

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Philips Collaborates with Accenture to Create First Proof of Concept for Delivering Vital Patient Data via Google Glass

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG AEX: PHIA) and Accenture (NYSE: CAN) announced the creation of a proof-of-concept demonstration that uses a Google Glass™ head-mounted display for researching ways to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of performing surgical procedures. The demonstration connects Google Glass to Philips IntelliVue Solutions and proves the concept of seamless transfer of patient vital signs into Google Glass, potentially providing clinicians with hands-free access to critical clinical information.

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3000 GP Practices Now Use EMIS Web

EMIS - the UK leader in clinical IT systems for joined-up care - has announced a major landmark in the rollout of EMIS Web. Over 3,000 GP practices have now moved to the company's transformational healthcare system. The full scale of EMIS Web's impact was revealed at the EMIS National User Group conference in Nottingham yesterday (3 October 2013) with the news that over 4 million consultations are now recorded on EMIS Web every week.

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Johnson & Johnson Innovation Celebrates Life Science Innovation

Johnson & Johnson Innovation today announced several new collaborations in the European region to coincide with a 'Celebration of Life Science Innovation' event, hosted by its London Innovation Centre. The event brings together UK life science leaders and scientists from the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies to celebrate promising advances and discuss novel collaboration models to deliver better healthcare solutions for patients around the world.

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Joint Technology Initiatives Highlight Contribution to European Quality of Life and Competitiveness

Europe's Joint Technology Initiatives (JTIs) are delivering exciting results that will help to improve Europeans' quality of life and contribute to Europe's competitiveness - this is the key message from a series of events taking place in the European Parliament in Brussels this week. The events are timely, as the European Parliament will soon debate the European Commission’s proposals on JTIs under Horizon 2020.

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