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Registration Now Open for HIMSS Amsterdam

31 October - 1 November 2013, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
For the first time ever, the true state of Healthcare IT adoption in the Netherlands has been revealed - and the results are surprising. Compared to the rest of Europe, the Netherlands is in the top tier, but HIT adoption is just the first of many challenges. The HIMSS Amsterdam 2013 conference opens up three key themes critical to the success of healthcare: Adoption, Change Management and Interoperability.

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Statement on MEDICA 2013 by Joachim Schäfer, Managing Director of Messe Düsseldorf GmbH

20 - 23 November 2013, Düsseldorf, Germany.
The global health market is growing annually by about six per cent. The drivers of this development are an ageing society in many countries, in others a strong population growth, technical advancement and above all, the increased purchasing power all over the world. Against this background, the health markets in the majority of countries are developing faster than the gross domestic product.

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Psychotherapy via the Internet

Does psychotherapy via the Internet work? For the first time, clinical researchers from the University of Zurich have studied whether online psychotherapy and conventional face-to-face therapy are equally effective in experiments. Based on earlier studies, the Zurich team assumed that the two forms of therapy were on a par. Not only was their theory confirmed, the results for online therapy even exceeded their expectations.

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Swiss, French & German Scientists Develop Miniature Artificial Insect Eyes

Scientists in Switzerland, Germany, and France explored how the insect eye works and designed and built the first fully-functional miniature curved artificial compound eyes. The "CURVACE" project received €2 million in EU funding to develop the miniature "insect" eyes, which have high industrial potential in mobile robotics, smart clothing and medical applications.

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CompuGroup Medical Italia Strengthens its Presence in the Dental Software Market

CompuGroup Medical Italia acquired a majority stake in Tekne S.r.l., located in Ragusa (Italy). Tekne, with its software XDent, is the market leader for Mac OS software for dentists in Italy. With this acquisition, CGM has strengthened its position as a market leader in the Italian market for ambulatory information systems.

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Freeman Hospital Invests Further with Carestream Drx-Evolution

The Radiology Department at Freeman Hospital, part of the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, has recently installed a third CARESTREAM DRX-Evolution room to replace an aging CR room. Freeman Hospital is one of the largest teaching hospital Trusts in the country and the Radiology Directorate within Newcastle carries out in excess of 440,000 examinations a year.

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Siemens Launches syngo Training Academy to Enhance User Knowledge

Siemens Healthcare has officially opened a dedicated training facility for its syngo clinical imaging solutions. This includes the advanced 3D routine and reading solution, syngo®.via. The syngo Training Academy is located in the Siemens Healthcare Academy Training and Education Centre, a purpose-built facility at the Siemens plc headquarters in Frimley, Surrey (UK).

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BridgeHead Takes Poll Position in the EMEA Independent VNA Market

BridgeHead Software announces that it is the leading independent Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA) provider in EMEA according to data from the latest research by IHS, the leading global source of information and analytics. The report entitled 'Medical Enterprise Data Storage - World - 2013' provides a comprehensive global VNA assessment and an in-depth understanding of the current structure and future development of this market.

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2013 European Telemedicine Conference

29 - 30 October 2013, Edinburgh, UK.
Telemedicine is one of the fastest growing areas of innovation in healthcare to improve patient care, increase access and lower costs. It is a proven solution to many of the systemic problems in our existing healthcare system. To stay on top of the possibilities and abreast of the latest innovations in telemedicine, the first European Telemedicine Conference is a must attend event.

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Last Day to Register for the Johnson & Johnson Innovation Digital Health Masterclass

Over 100 of Europe's best digital health companies have already asked to take part in the Johnson & Johnson Digital Health Masterclass and an impressive line up of some of Europe's foremost experts in healthcare, technology, business strategy and venture capital is in place to help companies deliver on their growth agenda.

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