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Intel outlines Arrival of 'Second Wave' of Mobile Solutions in Healthcare

Intel today presents a White Paper by IDC Healthcare Insights about The Second Wave of Clinical Mobility: Strategic Solution Investments for Mobile Point of Care in Western Europe (IDC #HI233679) at the 2012 World of Health IT Conference in Copenhagen.

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Better Use of Health Data Will Transform the Healthcare Landscape

A high-level group of experts today warned that Europeans will only be able to benefit from the affordable, less intrusive and more personalised healthcare which Information & Communication Technologies (ICT) can bring if agreement is reached on how to use health data.

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Denmark, England and Scotland Are at the Frontiers of Telehealth

Denmark, England and Scotland have been pioneers in the use of electronic communication in and across the health and social care sectors. The three pioneers have been able to integrate telehealth into standard patient treatments, according to a new study from the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (IPTS).

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eHealth Week 2012 Opens Focusing on "the Continuum of Care"

eHealth Week 2012, the largest annual pan European Health IT event has begun. Delegates from around the world - politicians, hospital managers, health specialists, IT managers and many others interested in the optimal use of advanced information technology and management systems in healthcare - has set the course for the Bella Center for three days of discussion on how to tackle the future healthcare challenges facing Europe is facing.

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Denmark Gives the Health Care Sector an e-Push

Ministers for Health and top government officials from all of Europe are on their way to Copenhagen to discuss health IT and telehealth. Together with the European Commission, The Danish Minister for Health, Astrid Krag, hosts the yearly "High Level eHealth Conference" which takes place in Copenhagen on 7-9 May.

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The Second Wave of Clinical Mobility: Strategic Solution Investments for Mobile Point of Care in Western Europe

Sponsored by: Intel Corporation.
The highly collaborative and mobile nature of clinical teams makes the strategic investment in clinical mobility solutions essential to meet the intense demands being placed on healthcare providers today. Many of the same drivers - the need to improve access, quality of care, patient safety, and clinician efficiency to treat more patients cost-effectively - are setting in motion the second wave of clinical mobility.

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New Technique May Help Severely Damaged Nerves Regrow and Restore Function

Engineers at the University of Sheffield have developed a method of assisting nerves damaged by traumatic accidents to repair naturally, which could improve the chances of restoring sensation and movement in injured limbs. In a collaborative study with Laser Zentrum Hannover (Germany) published in the journal Biofabrication, the team describes a new method for making medical devices called nerve guidance conduits or NGCs.

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New Technique Could Improve Heart Attack Prediction

An award-winning research project, funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF), has tested a new imaging method which could help improve how doctors predict a patient's risk of having a heart attack. Scientists from the University of Edinburgh, a BHF Centre of Research Excellence, in collaboration with the University of Cambridge are the first to demonstrate the potential of combining PET and CT scanning to image the disease processes directly in the coronary arteries that cause heart attacks.

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Harris Corporation Completes Integration of Carefx into its Harris Healthcare Solutions Business

Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international communications and information technology company, has fully integrated Carefx, into its Harris Healthcare Solutions business. Pairing the Carefx interoperability platform with Harris' established delivery expertise, the organization is able to further help providers across the care continuum achieve clinical integration and improvements in care quality, safety, efficiency and performance.

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Harris Healthcare Announced as Headline Sponsors of HC2012

HC2012, the definitive event for health informatics run by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, has announced Harris Healthcare is the headline sponsor for this year’s event. HC2012 will take place in its new home at the Business Design Centre, London on 2 - 3 May and is free to attend for all delegates.

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