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Innovative Smart Sensing Devices Promise to Boost Mobility and Quality of Life

The wireless devices are currently being sold by McRoberts, a Netherlands-based company that developed them as part of the SensAction-AAL project, an EU-funded initiative to create remote mobility monitoring solutions coordinated by the University of Bologna. Unlike many health monitoring systems that require multiple sensors as well as separate components for data storage and transmission, the DynaPort Hybrid device and MoveMonitor application developed by the SensAction-AAL researchers carry out movement sensing, data collection and data transmission in a single compact package.

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GE Healthcare and Intel Expand Intel Health Guide Marketing Agreement to United Kingdom

GE Healthcare, a unit of GE (NYSE:GE), and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) have expanded their sales and marketing agreement for the Intel Health Guide to include the United Kingdom. GE Healthcare already markets the Intel Health Guide in the United States.

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Technological Safety Net for Fall-Prone Elderly

Falls are the main cause of injuries among elderly people, but until now doctors have had few ways of effectively monitoring and counteracting mobility problems among patients. Work by European researchers is set to change that.

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Top 20 eHealth News Articles - a Look Back at 2009

eHealthNews.EU Portal, the first European eHealth news portal, is presenting the Top 20 news articles of the year 2009, according to the most commonly viewed pages:

1. Top Articles - 2009
Top Articles by months (January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December).

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New, Enhanced Pathways Coming Soon

Map of Medicine is constantly transforming the way disparate information is brought together into a single source of best practice. In February, the Map will be launching the first set of our new look pathways. These will be the first pathways that have been created using the latest editorial methodology.

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Philips Updates Markets on Consumer Lifestyle Sector

At a meeting with investors and financial analysts, Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI), updated the market on its Consumer Lifestyle sector. Executives at Philips Consumer Lifestyle, including sector Chief Executive Officer Andrea Ragnetti, have elaborated on progress made during 2009 and on the longer-term strategy to become a leading health and well-being business.

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IHTSDO Open Sources Health Terminology Workbench

The International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation announced that it is making source code for the IHTSDO Workbench, including tools to develop, maintain, and facilitate the use of SNOMED CT, freely available under an Apache2 open source agreement.

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Microsoft Enriching COCIR's Membership

COCIR is pleased to welcome Microsoft as a new member. Microsoft Health sector provides technology solutions to improve patient care by streamlining access to multiple applications and patient data.

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Orchard Medical Centre Wins Healthcare Award for Improving Chronic Heart Failure Care

The Orchard Medical Centre has received a prestigious healthcare industry accolade as a result of the success of its use of telehealth to improve care for patients with chronic heart failure (CHF).

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Orion Health appointed for pilot ECR Project in Northern Ireland

Orion Health Ltd, a leading provider of integration technology for the health care industry worldwide, has been appointed by Northern Ireland to pilot a new Electronic Care Record (ECR). The one year pilot phase will see hospitals and GP practices across two of the five Health and Social Care Trusts begin to share medical records and basic social care information using the Concerto™ Portal from Orion Health.

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