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New Window Opens on European eHealth

A newly redesigned website for IHE-Europe opens a window on the accelerating movement to electronic records across Europe, giving a new visibility to successful programs. The website features links to five pan-European initiatives, nine national programs, and highlights success stories from regional implementations.

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Call for Papers: International Conference on Nanotechnologies and Biomedical Engineering (ICNBME)

7 - 8 July 2011, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova.
ICNBME-2011 continues the series of International Conferences in the field of nanotechnologies and biomedical engineering. The conference aims at bringing together scientists and engineers dealing with fundamental and applied research for reporting on the latest theoretical developments and applications in the fields involved.

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Liverpool Hospitals to Save Time, Money and Improve Patient Services with Deployment of CSC's Clinical Portal

CSC (NYSE: CSC) announced a contract to supply its clinical portal solution to Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust. The portal will allow vital patient information, stored on a variety of systems, to be available in a single view and in real time.

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EU and US Agree Trade-Related Information and Communication Technology Principles to be Promoted World-Wide

The European Commission and the US Government, under the framework of the Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC), have agreed on a set of ten fundamental principles for trade in information and communication technology (ICT) services.

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Siemens Introduces Clinical Image Sharing System

Siemens Healthcare has announced the availability of syngo.share, a unified, patient-centric clinical image sharing system. syngo.share empowers hospitals to efficiently manage and share clinical imaging data, including many non-DICOM formats, across multiple specialities such as Radiology, Endoscopy, Pathology and Dermatology.

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Cross-Community Networking Passes New Milestone

For the first time, not just individual facilities, but entire 'networks of networks' such as hospital chains or healthcare regions, can be networked based on universally recognized standards. IHE (Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise) has designated the profiles XCPD (Cross-Community Patient Discovery) and XCA (Cross-Community Access) for data sharing across community boundaries.

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conhIT in Berlin is the Meeting Place for the Healthcare IT Community

5 - 7 April 2011, Berlin, Germany.
The healthcare IT sector is meeting for the fourth time at conhIT in Berlin. From 5 to 7 April 2011 a total of 241 exhibitors are presenting IT solutions for clinics, medical practitioners and new forms of healthcare at this comprehensive event which is a combination of Industrial Fair, Congress, Academy and Networking.

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conhIT 2011 Integrated and Networked

5 - 7 April 2011, Berlin, Germany.
Modern medicine is a team effort. Be it in cancer medicine, cardiovascular medicine or neuropsychiatry: hospitals, mobile doctors' surgeries and other treatment facilities are cooperating ever more closely.

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Foundation of the Cellitinnen Expands Use of Agfa HealthCare's ORBIS HIS/RIS and HYDMedia

Agfa HealthCare announces that the Foundation of the "Cellitinnen zur hl. Maria" (Cellites of St. Mary) in Germany is extending its use of Agfa HealthCare's ORBIS hospital and radiology information system (HIS/RIS) across its sites.

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St. Vincenz Hospital in Limburg, Germany, to Replace Existing HIS and DMS

Agfa HealthCare announces that the St. Vincenz Hospital in Limburg, Germany, is replacing its existing hospital information system (HIS) with Agfa HealthCare's ORBIS. In addition, the company's HYDMedia document management system (DMS) will replace the existing digital archive.

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