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p-medicine - From Data Sharing and Integration via VPH Models to Personalized Medicine

p-medicine is a 4-year Integrated Project co-funded under the European Community's 7th Framework Programme aiming at developing new tools, IT infrastructure and VPH models to accelerate personalized medicine for the benefit of the patient.

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The Digital Agenda Scoreboard Outlines Progress

The Digital Agenda Scoreboard gives essential data and in-depth analysis of progress so far with the implementation of the Digital Agenda for Europe (DAE). The Scoreboard is the first to be published by the European Commission showing the performance of the EU and Member States in delivering on the agreed targets after the first year of existence of the DAE.

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Commission Seeks Views on How Best to Exploit Cloud Computing

The European Commission is seeking views from citizens, businesses, public administrations and other interested parties on how to fully benefit from 'cloud computing'. Cloud computing enables companies, public administrations and individuals, using networks such as the internet, to access their data and software on computers located somewhere else.

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The City of Stockholm Can Provide Answers

"Has Mum had a visit from the home-help today, and how is she really doing?" These are questions asked every day by thousands of concerned relatives. Thanks to the Care diary e-service, the elderly and their close family can monitor the treatment and care provided via the City of Stockholm's website.

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eHealth Benchmarking III Final Report

At this early stage of the twenty-first century, Europe's health systems and services are under extreme pressure. It is vital to discover how acute hospitals use eHealth services today. To understand this use may enable hospital systems to handle future challenges. Helping to develop and test a robust survey instrument that can uncover such information is an important step in policy terms and in the development of methodologies.

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Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust to Deploy e-Prescribing Solution from JAC

JAC, the UK's leading medicine management systems specialist, has won a contract with Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust (SUHT) to undertake a trust-wide roll out of its Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA) system.

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IMS MAXIMS Comments on the Public Accounts Committee Hearing and NAO Report into NPfIT

Following the recent UK Parliament Public Accounts Committee hearing and NAO (National Audit Office) Report, commenting Shane Tickell, CEO of UK clinical IT company IMS MAXIMS, said:

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The 2nd Healthcare IT Exchange™

4 - 6 December 2011, UK.
In an industry driven by improving the quality of patient care, meeting regulations and controlling costs, leading Healthcare IT executives understand the strategic importance to work towards a digital era.

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Swiss ePatient Day 2011

29 Juni 2011, AMTS, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Switzerland.
The internet has now reached every age group and every last corner of society. The vast majority of patients is online, gathering the health information they need independently, networking amongst themselves, and exchanging experiences on a wide variety of treatments and service providers.

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Microsoft and Maudsley Join Up to Develop a World First for Mental Healthcare

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) and Microsoft are working in partnership to develop a personal online health record for people using mental health services.

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