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HIMSS Europe Opens Nomination Process for The HIMSS Europe Award for eHealth Leadership 2011

HIMSS Europe has launched the nomination for the HIMSS Europe Award for eHealth Leadership, which recognises an individual who, in the judgment of the HIMSS Europe Governing Council, has demonstrated significant leadership in promoting the use of information technology in healthcare in Europe [1].

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conhIT 2011 - Connecting Healthcare IT in Europe

conhIT has become Europe's leading event for healthcare IT and is contributing decisively towards a dialogue on the industry's future. Leading healthcare companies, users, decision-makers in medical and nursing care management, as well as figures representing politics and science will be in Berlin to find out about the latest developments in healthcare IT and to further their knowledge.

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Agfa HealthCare to Showcase Leading Electronic Patient Record (EPR) Solution ORBIS

Agfa HealthCare, a leading provider of diagnostic imaging and healthcare IT solutions, will be showcasing ORBIS, its innovative and comprehensive hospital-wide clinical and administrative information system at EHI Live 2010, 8-9 November, NEC, Birmingham.

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CompuGroup Medical Acquires Remaining Share of Profdoc Care

CompuGroup Medical, the global eHealth company, has strengthened its position in Sweden by ac quiring the remaining 49% share in Profdoc Care AB from Omnison AB, taking its holding in the Swedish company to 100%.

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IT @ Networking Awards 2011

The IT @ Networking Awards 2011 (IT @ 2011) is an open competition for fully implemented, operable healthcare IT solutions. The goal is to raise awareness of some of the Europe's finest and most innovative local, regional and national healthcare IT projects.

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Russia, Ukraine and CIS Healthcare Infrastructure Summit 2010

8 - 9 December 2010, Moscow, Russian Federation.
Euroconvention Conferences in collaboration with International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) invite to the forthcoming Russia, Ukraine and CIS Healthcare Infrastructure Summit, entitled "Financing and Investing in Hospital Projects and Med-Tech Development".

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Why Do Evaluations of eHealth Programs Fail? An Alternative Set of Guiding Principles

Much has been written about why electronic health (eHealth) initiatives fail. Less attention has been paid to why evaluations of such initiatives fail to deliver the insights expected of them. PLoS Medicine has published three papers offering a "robust" and "scientific" approach to eHealth evaluation. One recommended systematically addressing each part of a "chain of reasoning", at the centre of which was the program's goals. Another proposed a quasi-experimental step-wedge design, in which late adopters of eHealth innovations serve as controls for early adopters.

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Portable Breast Scanner Allows Cancer Detection in the Blink of an Eye

Women could have a fast test for breast cancer and instantly identify the presence of a tumour in the comfort of their own home thanks to ground-breaking new research from The University of Manchester.

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North Bristol NHS Trust trailblazes MedTrac® from Sentient Health

The Department of Health has laid down guidelines for new national efficiency targets relating to patient-level information and costing (PLIC), to encourage NHS trusts to ensure best use of available funds and resources.

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Global E-Health Forum Highlighted Best (E-)Practices for Sustainable Healthcare Delivery

Approx. 250 delegates from more than 30 countries followed the invitation to the inaugural Global E-Health Forum on October 25 - 26, 2010 in Hamburg. In presentations, workshops and discussion forums, the attendees learned about e-health strategies, solutions and services from all over the world.

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