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Advanced Computer Software Group Announces "One stop shop"

Advanced Computer Software Group plc (Advanced), a leading provider of software and IT services to the UK health, care and business sectors, announces that it now supplies mobile devices inclusive of airtime as part of its iConnect and iNurse mobile working solutions - providing a complete "one stop shop" for mobile working in the community care sector.

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New Hospital Customers Represent 103% Growth for FairWarning® in 2011

FairWarning, Inc., the inventor and world's leading supplier of cross-platform healthcare privacy auditing solutions for Electronic Health Records, announced important year-to-date milestones. FairWarning® now protects patient privacy in over 800 hospitals and 2,500 clinics across the UK, the United States, Canada and France, which represents 103% growth in hospital customers over the same time period in 2010.

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Health Monitoring via Mobile Phone

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is coordinating a trial at Sipoo Health Centre and Helsinki University Hospital where patients submit test results to health care professionals by mobile phone. Nokia has developed a Wellness Diary app that helps users attain their exercise, nutrition and well-being goals.

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IMS MAXIMS Delivers New PAS Functionality Across Ireland

IMS MAXIMS, one of the UK and Ireland's leading suppliers of clinical software solutions, has rolled out the latest version of their Irish patient administration system (PAS) across Ireland.

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Philips' Fourth Quarter Results 2011 - Healthcare Sector

Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) reports fourth-quarter sales of EUR 6.7 billion; EBITA of EUR 503 million. Healthcare comparable sales were 3% higher year-on-year. Comparable equipment order intake grew 3% year-on-year. Equipment orders in growth geographies grew by 17%.

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Virtual Physiological Human Projects Portfolio 2011

This resource book provides an overview of the set of Virtual Physiological Human (VPH) research projects managed by the ICT for Health unit of the Information Society and Media General Directorate, which are funded under the 6th and 7th (FP6 - FP7) framework Programme for Research and Development. At the core of the VPH lies the idea of translating all functions of the human body into a coherent set of multi-scale computer models. The scales of modelling span spatially from the whole body down to the cells and the proteins they synthesise, and temporally from years to microseconds.

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Helix Health and First Databank Partner to Provide Ireland's Leading Advanced Pharmacy Solutions

First Databank (FDB), the UK's leading provider of drug knowledge bases and clinical decision support, today announced the continuation of the successful partnership with Helix Health. The contract provides Helix Health with FDB's trusted clinical databases for the next three years.

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CompuGroup Medical Strengthens its Market Position in the Netherlands

CompuGroup Medical concluded an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in Microbais Werkmaatschappij B.V.. Microbais is one of the market leaders in ambulatory and pharmacy information systems in the Netherlands. The 2011 turnover is expected to amount to 11.2 million Euro with about 70% recurring revenue and EBITDA is expected to be 2.5 million Euro.

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Could Alzheimer's Disease be Diagnosed with a Simple Blood Test?

Spanish researchers, led by Pedro Carmona from the Instituto de Estructura de la Materia in Madrid, have uncovered a new promising way to diagnose Alzheimer's disease more accurately. Their technique, which is non-invasive, fast and low-cost, measures how much infrared radiation is either emitted or absorbed by white blood cells.

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Aiding Cancer Therapy by Mathematically Modeling Tumor-Immune Interactions

Mathematical modeling of cancer usually involves describing the evolution of tumors in terms of differential equations and stochastic or agent-based models, and testing the effectiveness of various treatments within the chosen mathematical framework.

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