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Telehealth Revolution Set to Benefit more North Yorkshire Patients

NHS North Yorkshire and York unveiled plans to purchase a further 2,000 Telehealth systems to support patients living with long term health conditions in the area - making it the largest scale Telehealth programme in the UK.

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Versatile Reporting Supports Healthcare Management

Active utilization of data saved in patient information systems is an essential part of developing healthcare operations. Together with Tieto, the Central Hospital of Central Ostrobothnia (Finland) has actively developed a new generation reporting tool as a part of Tieto's Effica system.

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Health IT Leadership Summit

29 September - 1 October 2010, Rome, Italy.
The HIMSS Europe Health IT Leadership Summit is a new, executive level forum for education, collaboration and dialogue. Top leaders from healthcare, IT and government will convene to help advance the quality of healthcare delivery.

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European High-Level Panel Consults on ICT Solutions to Help Elderly to Live More Independently

A consultation inviting citizens, businesses and researchers to share ideas on how best to use information and communications technologies (ICTs) to help older Europeans live more independently, and more generally to establish new ways to put ICTs at the service of the most vulnerable members of society, has been launched by a high-level panel established to advise the European Commission on the functioning of the Ambient Assisted Living joint programme (AAL JP).

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GE Healthcare Unveils Innovative Technology in Breast Cancer Imaging

GE Healthcare (NYSE: GE), a pioneer in digital mammography, announced the introduction of an innovative technology to aid in breast cancer diagnosis. GE Healthcare's new SenoBright Contrast Enhanced Spectral Mammography (CESM) technology reduces ambiguity in mammography results, enabling physicians to detect and diagnose cancer with more confidence - even in the densest part of the breast tissue more rapidly and accurately.

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Telehealth Patients Experience a Significant Improvement in Care and Quality of Life

Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE:PHG, AEX: PHI) has supported a research project that shows heart failure patients who used an interactive telehealth system with motivational support tools at home spent less time in hospital and felt their quality of life had significantly improved over 12 months evaluation period.

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iSOFT Wins 2010 European Business Analytics Systems Competitive Strategy Leadership Award

iSOFT Group Limited, one of the world's largest healthcare information technology companies, has received the Frost and Sullivan, 2010 European Business Analytics Systems Competitive Strategy Leadership Award.

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GE Healthcare IT and Euromedic Diagnostics Boost Innovative Healthcare Information Technologies in Eastern Europe

GE Healthcare IT, a division of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), announced an agreement with Euromedic Diagnostics that will implement web-based PACS solutions in their Poland and Hungary-based healthcare institutions.

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Business Models for eHealth - Final Report

This report presents the analysis of a study funded by the ICT for Health Unit to explore business models for the implementation of value-creating and sustainable eHealth systems in Europe. It also introduces a set of policy recommendations for the European Commission and other stakeholders, with the ultimate objectives being: a) the improvement of the overall quality and efficiency of provision of health services in general via eHealth services, taking into consideration the present and future socio-economic and financial challenges faced by national healthcare authorities in Europe;

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Keynote on U.S. Health Reform at Global E-Health Forum - Hamburg 2010

25-26 October 2010, Hamburg, Germany.
Harry Reynolds, Chair of the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) and Chair of Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare (CAQH) CORE Initiative, will deliver the keynote speech at the Global E-Health Forum.

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