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3rd EU-US eHealth Business Marketplace & Conference

22 - 23 October 2013, Boston, USA
Join the 3rd EU-US eHealth Marketplace & Conference to create new business relationships, research, innovation and collaboration leading to health improvement, job creation and economic development in Europe and the USA. The Marketplace is hosted by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and is a key element of the MA ConnectedHealthWeek.

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Make Great Savings at the HIMSS Europe CIO Summit 2013

12 - 14 November 2013, Madrid, Spain.
Register for Europe's leading HIT conference before October 1st and you won't miss the opportunity to save €100. You can make November a month to remember by joining the HIMSS Europe CIO Summit in Madrid. The benefits you will enjoy:

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Public Hospitals in Kazakhstan Move to Digital Mammography with Agfa HealthCare

Agfa HealthCare has won a competitive tender by the Ministry of Health in Kazakhstan to digitize mammography services in the nation's public hospitals. Under the contract, signed in July 2013, 63 CR 30-Xm computed radiography (CR) systems will be installed in hospitals of various sizes around the country together with Agfa HealthCare's DRYSTAR AXYS, a high resolution, high throughput, dual media size, dry hardcopy imager optimized for digital mammography.

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Opinion Article: Leading with Courage

By Shane Tickell, CEO, IMS MAXIMS.
While the Francis Report was voluminous and in parts failed to give clear direction on next steps, the most recent Berwick Report was criticised for being 'soft' and 'over simplistic' but in its digestible 46 pages, it distilled the key issues that the NHS continues to face in putting patient safety first. At its most basic, it said learning and leadership must be wholeheartedly addressed.

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A Personalised Robot Companion for Older People

A highly customisable robot companion designed by EU-funded researchers to offer support to older people is currently being presented across Europe and could find its way into people's homes within two or three years, potentially greatly enhancing quality of life for older citizens and people with memory or mobility problems.

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Philips and Dutch Medical Center Leeuwarden (MCL) Sign 10-Year Managed Services Agreement

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) and Medical Center Leeuwarden (MCL), one of the largest non-university hospital in the Netherlands and one of the country's top teaching hospitals, announced a long-term agreement. The partnership will give MCL continuous access to Philips' state-of-the-art ultrasound technology throughout its cardiology department for the next ten years.

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Dr Joel Ratnasothy Joins Caradigm as Medical Director for EMEA

Caradigm, an international healthcare IT company founded as a joint venture between GE Healthcare and Microsoft, has appointed Dr Joel Ratnasothy as medical director for EMEA. Caradigm offers healthcare analytics solutions which provide insight into patients, populations and performance, enabling healthcare organisations to understand their clinical and financial risk and identify the actions needed to address it.

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Opinion Article: Are SME Tech Companies Revolutionising the Care Industry?

By Devin Chawda, Co-founder and CEO of Y-cam Solutions Ltd.
Home carers and independent care homes are often criticised for providing inadequate standards of care to the elderly and vulnerable. This is a clear cause of concern for those who are planning to use care services for a relative or friend.

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Philips Launches New EPIQ Premium Ultrasound System

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) announced the launch of EPIQ ultrasound system, offering an entirely new level of clinical confidence with a first-of-its-kind ultrasound architecture that is a totally new approach to creating ultrasound images without compromise. Making its debut at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 2013 Congress in Amsterdam, EPIQ features a new imaging technology called nSIGHT that when combined with Philips' Anatomical Intelligence technology, delivers a powerful combination of speed and image clarity.

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Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals Unveil Innovative Imaging System

Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust (RLBUHT) is among the first to go live with a revolutionary Picture Archive and Communications System (PACS). This will enable clinicians, who rely heavily on test results in their daily work with patients, to access and share millions of digital images quickly and securely across the trust.

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