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£140 Million for Nurses and Midwives to Improve Care and Beat Bureaucracy

The Prime Minister and Health Secretary set out plans to invest £140 million so that NHS nurses and midwives can spend more time with patients, not paperwork, and provide safer care.

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British Companies Head to REHACARE

17 UK companies which are at the centre of cutting-edge solutions within the assistive technologies industry will be exhibiting their products on the UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) sponsored Pavilion at REHACARE 2012 in Düsseldorf, Germany.

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Affordable Digital CR Systems Deliver High-Quality Images in Variety of Patient Care Settings

Carestream's continuous investment in CR technology has enabled thousands of facilities across the globe to convert to high-quality digital imaging with CARESTREAM Vita CR and Point-of-Care systems. The company announced it has shipped its 20,000th tabletop CR system.

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Tunstall Healthcare Spearheads Quality Standards in Telehealthcare

Tunstall Healthcare, the world's leading supplier of telehealthcare solutions, has announced today that it has achieved ISO/IEC 27001 certification for its Information Security Management System (ISMS), making it one of only just over 1,000 organisations in the UK to hold the accreditation.

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Integrated Data and Real Time Decision Support Webinars

As part of its care-integration service and education programme 'Key Accelerators for Integrated Working', HCS, a subsidiary of HFMA, is offering a series of six free webinars. Targeted at CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, CCG board members, clinical directors and other front line clinical champions, this series of webinars provides an overview of the six key accelerators necessary to establish and sustain an integrated care model.

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Safer, More Effective and Innovative Medical Devices

Ranging from simple sticking plasters to the most sophisticated life-supporting machines, medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices are central to our health and quality of life. To ensure that these devices serve the needs and ensure the safety of European citizens, the European Commission proposed two Regulations which are fit for purpose, more transparent and better adapted to scientific and technological progress.

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HIMSS Europe Webinar: A Patient-centric Holistic Care Approach to Chronic Disease Management

17 October 2012, 15:00 CET
There is no doubt that we are experiencing a global healthcare crisis with costs rising uncontrollably and an aging population that is placing an increased burden on already strained healthcare systems. Remote monitoring solutions have the potential to alleviate this burden by allowing providers to monitor patients remotely and empowering patients to better manage their own health.

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£10K Award for Innovative Research

QResearch® - one of the largest GP research databases in the world - has launched a £10,000 award to improve the nation's health. The QInnovation award is inviting entries in the next eight weeks from UK research teams involved in projects that are likely to benefit patients or improve clinical care in primary health.

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The Road to Personalised Medical Care and Technology

14 - 17 November 2012, Düsseldorf, Germany.
The 'personalisation' in medical technology will be impressively showcased by more than 4,500 exhibitors at the world's biggest medical trade fair MEDICA 2012 in Düsseldorf and at the parallel fair COMPAMED 2012, the leading international market platform for suppliers in the medical technology industry (over 600 exhibitors).

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Autonomous Flying Robot with a Honey Bee Brain

Scientists at the Universities of Sheffield and Sussex are embarking on an ambitious project to produce the first accurate computer models of a honey bee brain in a bid to advance our understanding of Artificial Intelligence (AI), and how animals think.

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