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Final Programme for Health 2.0 Europe 2011 is Online Now

27 - 28 October 2011, Berlin, Germany.
The conference agenda is structured to cover the state of play and recent changes in the landscape for the European Health 2.0 industry; advances in search & content and their convergence with online communities; new tools to connect patients, doctors and healthcare stakeholders; and the use of web and mobile technologies to manage chronic conditions, motivate behavior changes and promote wellness.

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Philips Opens Hospital Research Area to Develop Innovative Healing Environments

Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) is stepping up its healthcare research into healing environments by opening a dedicated research facility at its Eindhoven-based Research Laboratories.

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Opinion Article: Cardiac Diagnostics in Practice Puts Patients' Best Interests at Heart

By Joshua Rowe, CEO of Broomwell Healthwatch.
Imagine that you start to experience unfamiliar chest pains. What would you do? Like most people, you're likely to call or visit your GP surgery and ask for an emergency appointment.

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Basil Strategies and Webicina partner on Doctors 2.0 & You Social Media Platform

Denise Silber, founder of Basil Strategies, and Dr. Bertalan Mesko, founder of Webicina.com, have announced the new partnership of their two respective organizations with the launch of an original on-line Healthcare Social Media resource.

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Independent Conference Pre-Vetting System for the European Medical Technology Industry

Eucomed, the European medical technology industry association, will launch in early 2012 a conference pre-vetting system to review and approve third-party educational conferences and congresses in accordance with the ethical rules established in the Eucomed Code of Ethical Business Practice.

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NHS Wales Enhances Software Application Testing

Healthcare IT advisor and integrator Simpl creates a software application development testing framework for Informing Healthcare, the NHS technology programme in Wales. Now in use by a six-strong team, the testing framework refines and improves Informing Healthcare's previous application testing procedures and defines a consistent approach to in-house application testing across the organisation.

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NHS Plymouth Introduces Tunstall's Telehealth Solutions

NHS Plymouth has partnered with Tunstall to implement a telehealth programme that will support the management of long-term conditions (LTCs) for patients in Plymouth.

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Agfa HealthCare Shows its Most Comprehensive Digital Radiography Portfolio at JFR 2011

At the Journées Françaises de Radiologie (JFR) 2011, Agfa HealthCare is showing its most comprehensive digital radiography portfolio ever. These solutions address a broad diversity of imaging needs, delivering productivity and workflow improvement benefits, combined with very high image quality.

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European Commission Wants Clearer Rules for Information on Prescription Medicines

The European Commission adopted revised proposals clarifying the information that industry can supply to the public on prescription-only medicines. Patients are increasingly interested in learning more about the medicines they take and want more of a say in how they are treated.

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Telemedical ECG Tests Would Save the NHS £120 Million Per Year

Telemedical ECG testing in GP surgeries could cut hundreds of thousands of unnecessary emergency hospital admissions, A&E attendances and referrals to outpatient clinics, saving the NHS over £120 million each year, according to leading cardiac telemedical service provider Broomwell Healthwatch.

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