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Top 20 eHealth News Articles - a Look Back at 2010

eHealthNews.eu Portal is pleased to present the Top 20 news articles of the year 2010, according to the web statistics of the most commonly viewed pages:

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eHealthOpen's Conference at Lake Schliersee

24 - 25 January 2011, Schliersee, Germany.
Every year in January, healthcare IT industry representatives meet for the annual start of the year conference at the headquarters of eHealthOpen at the beautiful Upper Bavarian lake Schliersee.

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Philips Accelerates the Development of Magnetic Particle Imaging Technology

Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) has initiated a German public-private partnership that aims to advance the development of whole-body Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) systems and preclinical hybrid systems that combine MPI with Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).

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TrakCare Goes Live - a New Electronic Patient Management System

NHS Borders new patient management system, TrakCare™, went live. This is the culmination of almost 3 years work which began in January 2008 when five NHS Boards formed a consortium to procure a new Patient Management System for Scotland.

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eHealth Week 2011 - eHealth High-Level Conference

The 9th edition of the High-level eHealth conference will take place 10-13 May 2011 in Budapest, Hungary within the eHealth week together with the World of Health IT Conference and Exhibition.

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Global eHealth Strategy Symposium at Med-e-Tel 2011

6 - 8 April 2011, Luxembourg.
European Commission awards grants to the three best abstracts presented from developing countries to the Global eHealth Strategy Symposium. In order to promote research and participation on eHealth of developing countries, the European Commission Directorate-General Information Society will fund 3 researchers' expenses to present their projects during Med-e-Tel 2011.

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Strong SME Interest and Government Backing for ICT to Assist the Elderly

The European Commission presented a report on the progress of the Ambient Assisted Living joint programme (AAL JP) which highlights very high levels of involvement by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in projects, strong levels of financial support by participating countries and recommendations to ensure ongoing positive results.

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iPLATO Partners with T-Mobile Czech Republic

iPLATO Healthcare, the leader in mHealth, announced a partnership with T-Mobile for marketing and distribution of its market leading mHealth services across the Czech Republic. This co-branded proposition will allow hospitals, clinics, pharmacies and pharmaceutical companies to offer high quality mobile phone enabled health services to their patients and customers.

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European Commission Signs eHealth Agreement with US Department of Health

Vice-President of the European Commission Neelie Kroes and United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Washington to promote a common approach on the interoperability of electronic health records and on education programmes for information technology and health professionals.

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First DataBank's FIRSTLight Goes Live

First DataBank's new online medicines reference tool, FIRSTLight, is now live and First DataBank is offering a free extended trial until the end of January 2011. FIRSTLight provides instant access to reliable medicines information, empowering clinicians and supporting safer, faster clinical decision making.

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