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Harris Healthcare to Demonstrate How IT Can Drive Value-Based Integrated Health and Social Care

Headline sponsor, Harris Healthcare is getting behind the government's commitment to actively support better joint working and integrated care across the NHS at this year's Commissioning Show. The show's headline sponsors, will use the conference and exhibition being held at the Excel, London on 12th and 13th June 2013,

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Agfa HealthCare Wins Contract to Supply PACS to University Hospitals Birmingham

Agfa HealthCare has signed a 5-year contract with University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) to replace the hospital's current picture archiving and communication system (PACS), with Agfa HealthCare's IMPAX solution.

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Beacon Hospital Selects Bridgehead for Data Protection

BridgeHead Software has announced that UPMC Beacon Hospital, the South Dublin based hospital providing world-care services, has implemented its integrated backup solution to provide complete protection for all of the data within its MEDITECH Health Care Information System (HCIS).

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Register Now for eHealth Week 2013

13 - 15 May 2013, Dublin, Ireland.
eHealth Week 2013 brings together two main events: the High Level eHealth Conference co-organised by the European Commission and the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, and WoHIT (World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition) organized by HIMSS Europe.

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Jeremy Hunt Challenges NHS to Go Paperless by 2018

The NHS should go paperless by 2018 to save billions, improve services and help meet the challenges of an ageing population, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said. In a speech to the Policy Exchange, the Health Secretary has mentioned that patients should have compatible digital records so their health information can follow them around the health and social care system.

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Computational Methods Reveal How Hospital-Acquired Bacteria Spread

Scientists at the Academy of Finland's Centre of Excellence in Computational Inference Research have developed novel computational methods that have yielded essential knowledge of how hospital-acquired bacteria spread and develop. These new methods, based on randomised algorithms, make it possible to analyse extensive genomic data significantly faster and more efficiently than previously.

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Lorenzo to Transform Services for Hospital Patients

Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust has announced its intention to implement CSC's Lorenzo EPR as part of a new agreement between the company and the Department of Health. Lorenzo will help the Trust to eliminate paper records, facilitate agile working, support collaborative working and share information more effectively between clinical staff.

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IBM Expands the Power of Social Business with New Cloud, Mobile Advances

IBM (NYSE: IBM) has announced new social business software to help enterprise clients collaborate easily and securely in the cloud using the broadest range of mobile devices. The new IBM SmartCloud services include new social networking features and the release of IBM SmartCloud Docs, a cloud-based office productivity suite, which allows users to simultaneously collaborate on word processing, spreadsheet and presentation documents to improve productivity.

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mHealth Professionals Launch Community & European Symposium

On the evening of January 24th, mHealth professionals in Europe will gather in Brussels to launch mHIMSS Europe, and present the second annual mHealth symposium at eHealth Week 2013. mHIMSS Europe, HIMSS new membership organisation, will gather healthcare professionals, mHealth application developers and industry stakeholders to establish best practices and advance the use of mobile applications and services in healthcare.

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Quick Detection of Periodontitis Pathogens

Twelve million Germans suffer from periodontitis, an inflammation that can lead to the loss of teeth if left untreated. A new diagnostic platform enables the pathogens to be detected quickly, enabling dentists to act swiftly to initiate the right treatment. Bleeding gums during tooth brushing or when biting into an apple could be an indication of periodontitis, an inflammatory disease of the tissues that surround and support the teeth.

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