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New Technique Could Spare Cancer Patients from Further Surgery

EU-funded researchers have developed a technique that could allow surgeons to distinguish between cancerous and healthy tissue in real time as they carry out operations. The novel technique, which is described in an article in the journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition, could spare cancer patients from having to undergo a second round of surgery to remove tumour tissue that was missed during the first operation.

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Study on the Legal Framework for Interoperable eHealth in Europe

The objective of the study is to identify and analyse the legal and regulatory framework for electronic health services in the EU Member States and for cross-border services when provided via eHealth applications, in particular in the areas of electronic health records, telemedicine and e-prescription. This report contains the analysis and assessment of the information collected in the Member States and draws some conclusions and recommendations.

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A Complimentary Web Seminar - The Mobile Clinical Assistant Around the World: A European Perspective

14 October 2009, 2 p.m. UK / 3 p.m. CET.
Join European healthcare executives as they present successful deployments of the mobile clinical assistant. These case studies will highlight how hospitals in Europe are using the mobile clinical assistant (MCA) to significantly improve clinical workflow and patient outcomes, as well as provide practical best known methods for deployment and support of mobile devices in the clinical environment.

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SOMATOM Emotion Sheds New Light on 2,500 Year Old Mummy

A team of radiographers from City University London recently examined a 2,500 year old Egyptian mummy named Tahemaa. A SOMATOM® Emotion CT scanner from Siemens Healthcare was used to learn more about how Tahemaa died without damaging the corpse.

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Economic Crisis Threatens Access to Health Services

The global economic crisis poses a massive threat to the stability of the public healthcare systems and to general access to healthcare services, warn leading experts speaking about this year's key theme of "Financial Crisis and Health Policy" at the European Health Forum Gastein from 30 September to 3 October 2009, the leading health policy event in the European Union.

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The City of Bolzano Chooses IBM to Enable New Solutions for Citizens

The City of Bolzano, Italy and TIS Innovation Park have entered into a strategic initiative with IBM (NYSE: IBM), with the aim of creating a smart city. Bolzano, capital of South Tyrol in northern Italy, is the fifth Italian city to choose IBM to identify and design a new model for a sustainable city through a range of digital solutions. During the next few months a pilot project will be implemented for remote health monitoring of the elderly.

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eHealth Day at Conference for Java, Enterprise Architectures & SOA

November 11 2009, Munich, Germany.
InterComponentWare AG (ICW) and Java Magazine present the eHealth Day on November 11, 2009 at the technical conference W-JAX, from Monday, the 9th through Friday the 13th of November, 2009. Experience an attractive mix of tomorrow's technologies and practical knowledge derived from real-world experience in the health care sector.

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Explaining International IT Application Leadership: Health IT

By Daniel Castro, The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF).
Greater use of information technology (IT) in health care can help achieve many health care reform goals. Health IT can improve the effectiveness and efficiency of health care by reducing costs, improving the quality of care, and increasing access to health care services and information.

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BIOTECHNICA 2009 Expands its Coverage

6-8 October 2009, Hannover, Germany.
BIOTECHNICA 2009 will be formally opened on 5 October by Lower Saxony's Minister for Economic Affairs, Dr. Philipp Rösler, and Dr. Stefan Marcinowski, a board member at BASF and president of the German Biotech Industry Association (DIB). Also speaking at the opening ceremony will be the American Kary Mullis, winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1993 and inventor of PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction).

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Carestream Molecular Imaging Announces Availability of New Bone Density Image Analysis Software

Carestream Molecular Imaging, a division of Carestream Health, Inc., announced worldwide availability of a new Bone Density Software application that performs bone density analysis of small animals in vivo and measures mineral density of specimens in vitro.

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