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HIMSS Europe Webinar: Get the Inside Track of What We are Planning

4 June 2013, 15:00 CET.
HIMSS Europe has much more to offer you this year. eHealth Week 2013 was just the beginning of a comprehensive programme of new and exciting events we are organising throughout Europe over the next few months. HIMSS Europe is committed to providing outstanding health IT learning and sharing opportunities for professionals like you involved in the transformation of healthcare through IT.

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Health 2.0 Europe is Moving to London

18 - 19 November 2013, London, UK.
Health 2.0 Europe is about leveraging the international Health 2.0 community to promote cross-pollination of ideas and technology collaboration. Mark your calendars to join the best in health technology for brilliant keynotes, thought-provoking sessions, networking, and a code-a-thon.

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Transforming Systems of Care to Achieve Greater Health and Economic Vitality

Communities thrive and grow economically with healthy and productive citizens. When it comes to health and wellness, driving toward better outcomes at a lower cost continues to push our systems of care - hospitals, primary care, payers, social services, home health agencies, etc. - to the breaking point. From a consumer perspective, costs are up, quality is inadequate and outcomes are uncertain.

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EU Awards 12 Million Euros to Supercompute a Healthier Future for Europe's Children

To help fight childhood obesity and other child diseases, the European Commission has awarded 12 million euros to a medical research project that will use mathematical models to improve the treatment of children. According to recent data from the World Health Organisation (WHO), the number of overweight infants and children in Europe has steadily risen from 1990 to 2008.

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Challenges on Biomedical Information Retrieval and Question Answering

Every day, approximately 3000 new articles are published in biomedical journals. That averages to more than 2 articles every minute. Managing this large amount of data is a challenge in itself. Yet, ensuring that this wealth of knowledge is used for the sake of the patients in a timely manner is an even more demanding task for both computer scientists and biomedical experts.

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HomeMonitor Enhances Safety and Security for Older and Vulnerable People

With added pressures on the government to reduce spending in health and social care, local services are feeling the strain to find cost effective solutions that allow residents to continue living at home, reducing unnecessary admittance to residential care and GP callouts. With ongoing budget cuts to community services, the responsibility all too often falls to friends and family to ensure that older or vulnerable relatives are safe and secure in their own homes.

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eHealth Week 2013 Successfully Concludes in Dublin

13 - 15 May 2013, Dublin, Ireland.
eHealth Week 2013, the largest annual gathering of pan-European eHealth communities, has ended having hosted two main events: the High Level eHealth Conference, co-organized by the European Commission and Irish Government as holder of the Presidency of the European Union, and WoHIT (World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition) organized by HIMSS Europe.

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Philips CX50 xMATRIX Offers World-Class Interventional and Diagnostic Features on Single Portable System

Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) announced that CX50 xMATRIX, the world's first portable ultrasound with Philips' industry leading Live 3D TEE, now offers 2-D Intracardiac Echo (ICE) capability. The CX50 xMATRIX with available Live 3D TEE and ICE is shown in Paris at the EuroPCR, official meeting for the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Inventions (EAPCI), May 21-24.

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Cumbria Partnership Trust Selects FairWarning® Solution to Strengthen Patient Privacy in 'Paperless NHS'

Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has selected FairWarning® Patient Privacy Monitoring solution. This is part of the trust's strategy to become a leader in meeting the government's target for a 'paperless NHS' by 2018. It will also help to emphasise its reputation as a trusted provider of care.

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Finnish Health Innovation Team in Northern Ireland for Telemonitoring NI Learning Visit

Building on the activities of eHealth Week 2013, the Centre for Connected Health and Social Care (CCHSC) which is part of the Public Health Agency (PHA), was delighted to welcome delegates from the Finnish Health Care System to the TF3 Telemonitoring NI centre in Holywood to see first-hand the fantastic support being offered to people who live with long-term conditions across Northern Ireland.

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