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Opinion Article: Should the NHS be Empowering its Own Champions?

By Julian Osborne, IMS MAXIMS.
The last month saw the major NHS systems' integration and IT services provider, 2e2, go into administration. The company has faced a turbulent time over the last twelve months and there were indications of future trouble.

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TotalMobile™ to Support Mobile working Across All Care Settings

Healthcare professionals working on mobile devices, such as smart phones and tablets, will now be able to update patient information and record medical tasks at the point of patient contact with the launch of the management workflow solution, TotalMobile, into the UK market.

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Join the mHealth Symposium at eHealth Week 2013

13 - 15 May 2013, Dublin, Ireland.
mHIMSS a new member community of HIMSS, will be hosting a two day mHealth Symposium as a dedicated part of eHealth Week. The event will feature presentations from global mHealth leaders on topics including:

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IHE-Europe Connects the Continents in Istanbul

The IHE European Connectathon, the landmark testing event for health IT systems, takes interoperability to a new level gathering actors from across Europe and the Middle East to achieve the safe exchange of medical information and improve patient care. The theme "Connecting the Continents" will be realized with the first IHE International World Summit, the Projectathon testing the cross-border exchange of patient data, and meetings of international organizations,

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The PROTECT Project on Pharmacovigilance Achieves Key Objectives

The PROTECT project, a public-private partnership for innovative methodologies in pharmacovigilance and pharmacoepidemiology coordinated by the European Medicines Agency, has reached a crucial stage with the delivery of two databases which will offer access to important data resources for pharmacovigilance activities and pharmacoepidemiological studies.

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Agfa HealthCare Will Highlight an Imaging Portfolio that Empowers Radiology, and Beyond

Agfa HealthCare announces that at ECR 2013, it will demonstrate - under the umbrella theme of M-power your radiology department - how its growing portfolio of diagnostic imaging solutions delivers on the imaging needs of the radiology department. Agfa HealthCare will launch its new CR 12-X* table-top Computed Radiography (CR) system.

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Boosting eHealth: New EU Action Plan

Managing your health and wellbeing with the help of digital and online tools is set to become easier and more commonplace following the adoption of a second EU Action Plan for eHealth. This Action Plan - which runs from 2012 to 2020 - aims to make healthcare more efficient, cost-effective and patient oriented. In 2014, the Commission will also present ideas to boost Mobile Health, e.g. real-time monitoring of patients' vital signs via mobile telemedicine.

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European Telemedicine Conference Announced

29 - 30 October 2013, Edinburgh, UK.
HIMSS Europe, Odense University Hospital, NHS 24 and UPMC have announced a new partnership alliance, responsible for the organisation and execution of a new annual European Telemedicine conference. The event will be focusing on practical telemedicine, telecare and mobile health implementations, best practices, research, development, innovation, - all with a universal application.

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A Privacy Risk in Your DNA

The growing ease of DNA sequencing has led to enormous advancements in the scientific field. Through extensive networked databases, researchers can access genetic information to gain valuable knowledge about causative and preventative factors for disease, and identify new targets for future treatments.

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Her Majesty The Queen Opens New MRI Suite of GE Healthcare Scanners in UK Hospital

On 5 February Her Majesty The Queen officially opened a £3 million MRI suite housing two new GE Healthcare MR scanners at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, UK. The facility is expected to help significantly improve local diagnostic facilities for patients.

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