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1,200 GPs Test-Drive EMIS' New Healthcare IT System

More than 1,200 GPs and practice managers from 704 practices flocked to a 'sell-out' series of roadshows at 10 venues from Brighton to Bolton for a 'hands-on' demonstration of EMIS Web, the next generation system from leading healthcare software provider EMIS.

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The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust Chooses RIS from Carestream Health

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust has signed a multi-year contract with Carestream Health to install the latest version CARESTREAM RIS across its two sites located in Chelsea, Central London and Sutton in Surrey, South London.

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Grid Computing Tackles Alzheimer's Disease

Technological advances have taken the medical world to a whole new level, as digital infrastructure and state-of-the-art software offer doctors and patients the right tools for diagnosis and treatment.

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WoHIT 2011 Conference & Exhibition Launches Call for Papers

10-13 May 2011, Budapest, Hungary.
The 2011 World of Health IT Conference and Exhibition, will be held in Budapest, Hungary, in conjunction with the annual eHealth High Level Ministerial Conference - eHealth2011 - which is co-organised by the European Commission and the Hungarian Presidency of the EU.

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Philips and SpineMark Sign Global Partnership

Royal Philips Electronics (AEX: PHI, NYSE: PHG) and SpineMark Corporation, a leader in developing specialized centers for spine care, announced a long-term partnership to build centers for spine care globally. The first centers for spine care resulting from this agreement will be established in the Netherlands, Spain and Turkey in the first quarter of 2011.

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WHO and IHTSDO Strive for Harmonization of Health Information

The International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO) announced a collaborative arrangement with the World Health Organization (WHO) to harmonize WHO classifications and SNOMED CT for the benefit of citizens around the world.

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CompuGroup Medical Cements Position in Swedish Primary Care

The Region of Skåne, Sweden, announced in the autumn of 2008 a tender for a patient record system to the primary- and outpatient care institutions in the region. The tender covered the entire "Hälsoval Skåne" that today consist of about 130 healthcare centers, 140 child healthcare centers and some 130 centers working with rehabilitation.

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Philips and Dako Join Forces in Digital Pathology

Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) and Dako, a Danish company specializing in tissue-based cancer diagnostics, have signed an agreement to integrate a selection of Dako's image analysis applications into Philips' future digital pathology solutions.

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EU Earmarks €1.2 Billion for Groundbreaking ICT Research in 2011

The European Commission published calls for proposals that will result in projects worth €1.2 billion to be launched in 2011. These projects will help mobilise the necessary resources around key ICT research challenges and objectives.

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Workshop on the New Global Electronic Health Record Communication Standard

40 people involved in the design and implementation of interoperable electronic health records that are based on the new international EHR standard (ISO/CEN EN13606) came together in Madrid last week for a 2-day workshop.

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