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Irish EU Presidency: Dublin to be the eHealth Capital of the World

Minister for Health Dr. James Reilly writes...
From 13 - 15 May, Ireland will be hosting eHealth Week, as part of Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The theme - "Delivering Innovative Healthcare and Well-being" - provides an opportunity to highlight the potential for eHealth development and to showcase the very best that Ireland has to offer in this area, while also supporting the broader EU objectives of economic stability and sustainable growth.

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East Cheshire NHS Trust Selects HCS and Net.Orange to Help Deliver Vision for Joined-Up Care

East Cheshire NHS Trust is to partner with HCS, to help drive forward the development of integrated care across Eastern Cheshire's Health and Social Care system. The HCS Care Coordination service will provide expert assistance to the Trust to support the delivery of integrated care as a key partner in Eastern Cheshire's Caring Together Programme, which aims to commission and deliver patient-centred joined up, pro-active care services.

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Meet the Speakers, Read the Program: Doctors 2.0 & You

6 - 7 June 2013, Paris, France.
The activities at Doctors 2.0 & You will include +70 Speakers, presenting real-life examples of the use of healthcare social media and applications. Additional animations will include 13 start-ups, 15 poster presenters, and the exhibitors.

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Healthcare Informatics Society of Ireland (HISI) Sessions at eHealth Week 2013

13 - 15 May 2013, Dublin, Ireland.
eHealth Week 2013, a joint venture by the Irish Presidency, the EU Commission and HIMSS Europe, is taking place in the Convention Centre Dublin from 13th-15th May. The large scale event is expected to attract over 2,500 high level delegates and approximately 100 exhibitors. Delegations from the Health Ministry in each Member State are invited and at least two EU Commissioners are expected to attend.

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Forcomed Chooses Vue Cloud Solution for Digital Mammography e-Learning Programme in France

The partnership between medical training organisation Forcomed in France and Carestream Health is taking on a new dimension. After training several thousand radiologists in digital mammography on Carestream diagnostic workstations, Forcomed is launching an innovative Internet e-Learning training programme for digital mammography.

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Agfa HealthCare Installs New DR Room at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust

Agfa HealthCare has successfully implemented its DX-D 600 Direct Radiography (DR) system at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust (WWL), creating a new DR room at the Leigh Infirmary. Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust is a major acute trust serving the 318,000 population in the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas.

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Philips Launches Healthcare Transformation Services

Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) announced the launch of its Healthcare Transformation Services Business, which in collaboration with healthcare service providers, will offer consulting services to improve the operational and financial performance of hospitals and health systems, and improve patient outcomes across the continuum of care from diagnosis to treatment and after care at home.

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Research Roadmap and Agenda for Engineering Secure Future Internet Services

The Network of Excellence on Engineering Secure Future Internet Software Services and Systems (NESSoS) is an EC co-funded project that aims at constituting and integrating a long lasting research community on engineering secure software-based services and systems. The new roadmap and research agenda was published in February 2013.

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Media Reports May Trigger Symptoms of a Disease

Media reports about substances that are supposedly hazardous to health may cause suggestible people to develop symptoms of a disease even though there is no objective reason for doing so. This is the conclusion of a study of the phenomenon known as electromagnetic hypersensitivity. Those affected report experiencing certain symptoms on exposure to electromagnetic waves, such as those emitted by cell phones, and these take the form of physical reactions.

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Opinion Article: Mobile Technology - The Key to Service Transformation in NHSScotland

By Colin Reid, Chief Executive of TotalMobile.
Both the new Scottish eHealth strategy and a range of service transformation projects and initiatives in Scotland are being driven by the need for health boards to do more with less. More people are now living with long-term conditions than ever before - around two million people in Scotland, or 40% of the population - and the number is rising.

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