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New UK eHealth Centres to Revolutionise Health Research

A consortium of 10 UK government and charity funders, led by the Medical Research Council (MRC), has made a historic £19 million investment to establish four eHealth research Centres of Excellence in London, Manchester, Dundee and Swansea. The funding awards were announced at the British Business Embassy's life sciences summit at Lancaster House by the Minister for Universities and Science David Willetts.

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New Scientific Method Unmasks Chronic Infections

With the aid of tiny silicon tubes and one of Europe's most sophisticated centres for microscopy, scientists have been able for the first time to observe directly bacteria in chronic infections. Researchers can now see precisely how bacteria and the immune system interact in living tissue.

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Tunstall is Key Partner in dallas Programme

Tunstall Healthcare, the leading provider of telehealth and telecare solutions, has announced its successful partnership working with consortia as part of the Delivery of Assisted Living Lifestyles at Scale (dallas) programme.

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Carestream Health Sponsors Industry Discussion on Cloud Computing in Italy

As part of the recent annual Heathcare Summit organised by Sole 24 ORE in Milan, Italy, Carestream Health sponsored a round table discussion on cloud computing. The Summit is an established event in Italy and is attended by Government and regional officials and companies contracted by the Italian Ministry of Health.

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Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council Realises Significant Cost Savings

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council and NHS Blackburn have developed a mainstreamed Telehealthcare service in partnership with Tunstall, enhancing the delivery of flexible, personalised care services to citizens in the area.

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AxSys Technology Positioned as a Leader in Health Information Exchange

AxSys Technology (AxSys), the UK based provider of the Excelicare software platform for clinical care, has been positioned as a Leader in IDC’s MarketScape Vendor Assessment report, entitled "U.S. Health Information Exchange Platform Solutions 2012 Vendor Assessment, doc #HI235816", which was published in July 2012.

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Siemens Introduces Acuson P300 Compact Portable Ultrasound System

Siemens Healthcare expands its ultrasound portfolio with the introduction of the Acuson P300 ultrasound system, a compact portable device for a wide variety of clinical settings.The new system integrates high-performance hardware and software and offers 13 multi-frequency transducers for high clinical versatility.

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Innovative and Secure Cloud Based Archiving Solution for European Hospitals

BridgeHead Software has joined forces with the European Centre of Expertise for the Health Care Industry EEIG to provide a unique data and storage management offering to European healthcare organisations known as the Shared Medical Archiving Solution (SMAS).

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Bradford District Care Trust Integrates Major Clinical Systems

Bradford District Care Trust (BDCT) has worked with its Integration Services Provider, ReStart Consulting, to complete the first phase in its initiative to integrate two major Clinical Systems, enabling the sharing of patient information between General Practitioners (GP)s and the Care Trust.

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Smarter Computing for Smarter Healthcare

The healthcare industry is shifting toward a performance-driven, outcomes-based model. Organizations face growing expectations for value and accountability and the rise of healthcare consumerism. They are pursuing collaborative approaches and increasing focus on patient centricity, wellness and prevention. As service delivery models expand at community, country and global levels, payer and provider boundaries are blurring.

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