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Irish Hospital in New IMS MAXIMS Deal to Help Keep Older Patients Independent for Longer

A new project is underway at Leopardstown Hospital which will help nurses and therapists to keep older people independent for longer. The MAXIMS clinical PAS has already proved a major success among nurses looking after the south Dublin hospital's 170 plus residents

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NHS Oldham Launches New Telehealth Scheme

NHS Oldham and Oldham Council are working in partnership with leading healthcare company Tunstall, providing patients with advanced telehealth solutions that will support them in the management of their long-term conditions.

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New "Virtual Liver" Technology Helps Detect Liver Tumours

Scientists and surgeons from France, Germany, United Kingdom and Switzerland have developed a "virtual liver", using EU research funding, which will help surgeons better plan and carry out tumour operations and ensure quicker patient recovery.

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Methodologies for Assessing Telemedicine: A Systematic Review of Reviews

Previous reviews have expressed concerns about the quality of telemedicine studies. There is debate about shortcomings and appropriate methodologies. The aim of this review of systematic reviews of telemedicine is to summarize methodologies used in telemedicine research, discuss knowledge gaps and recommendations and suggest methodological approaches for further research.

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SATO Welcomes New ISB Standard for Patient Identification

GS1 Solutions Partner, SATO UK, a subsidiary of the barcode and RFID technology company, SATO Holdings Corporation, has welcomed the recent publication of the Information Standards Board (ISB) for Health and Social Care Standard 1077, which will see every patient in England given a wristband with a barcode to ensure enhanced patient management.

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Call for Abstracts for VPH2012 MeDDiCA Workshop

18 - 20 September 2012, London, UK.
MeDDiCA Workshop aims to provide a platform for young scientists involved in VPH, within the specific research fields of Cardiovascular Engineering and Medical Devices.

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Top 20 eHealth News Articles - a Look Back at 2011

eHealthNews.eu Portal brought readers the eHealth news that mattered, and as the year ends we look back at the stories that are worth revisiting, again and again. The Top 20 News Articles of the Year 2011, according to the web statistics of the most commonly viewed pages, are:

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MIE 2012 - the 24th European Medical Informatics Conference

26 - 29 August 2012, Pisa, Italy.
The Italian Medical Informatics Association (AIIM), the e-health Italian Community and the European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI), invite to the 24th European Medical Informatics Conference - MIE 2012. The theme of the conference is Quality of Life through Quality of Information.

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Kliniken des Landkreises Göppingen Replaces its HIS/CIS with Agfa HealthCare's ORBIS Solution

Agfa HealthCare announced that its ORBIS HIS/CIS (Hospital Information System/Clinical Information System) will replace the existing, 25-year old HIS/CIS at Kliniken des Landkreises Göppingen GmbH in Germany.

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Extended Deadline for Med-e-Tel 2012

18 - 20 April 2012, Luxembourg.
Healthcare providers, medical practitioners, nursing professionals, government officials, researchers and educators are invited to submit presentation proposals for the Med-e-Tel 2012 conference program.

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