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Researchers Use Mapping Technology to Tackle Visual Impairment Woes

Being able to orient yourself in places you're unfamiliar with is not easy. So one could imagine how difficult it is for people who are either blind or visually impaired. Researchers at the Visualization and Interactive Systems (VIS) Group at the University of Stuttgart in Germany are developing a mobile navigation device that will help blind and visually impaired students to navigate in unknown surroundings.

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Healthcare IT Exchange

5-7 December 2010, UK, Venue (TBA).
In an industry driven by improving the quality of patient care, meeting regulations and controlling costs, leading Healthcare executives understand the strategic importance to work towards a digital era. As Europe continues to age, chronic diseases grow and patients become empowered through new technologies, the Healthcare landscape has to adapt as it's workload increases.

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Mounting Popularity of Wireless and Handheld Devices to Support Uptake of e-Prescription Systems

Trends indicate a growing acceptance of the concept of e-prescription across Europe. Healthcare in Europe is becoming increasingly digitised as the healthcare delivery system undergoes tremendous change. However, electronic technology that is transforming various areas of business is yet to be fully explored in the area of medication prescription with challenges related to the poor basic level of automation and technical barriers to the ease of use first needing to be overcome.

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Ambient Assisted Living Roadmap

New European population projections for 2008-2060, published by the European Office for Statistics, has recently underlined that the number of elderly persons will quickly increase. From 2015 on, deaths are projected to outnumber births in the EU27 and almost three times as many people will be aged 80 or more in 2060. This demographic development and the ageing of European populations will lead to a growing number of older people living alone and in need of (intensive) care,

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AmI-09: 3rd European Conference on Ambient Intelligence

18-21 November 2009, Salzburg, Austria.
Ambient Intelligence represents a vision of the future where we shall be surrounded by technological means, sensitive and responsive to people and their behaviors, deliver advanced functions, services and experiences.

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VAMED and c.a.r.u.s. HMS Signed a Cooperation Agreement

Hospital service provider VAMED and c.a.r.u.s. HMS have signed a cooperation agreement to broaden working closely on the introduction of modern IT-systems into hospitals. This new partnership combines knowledge and experience from both companies: VAMED offers IT solutions, adapted to the demands of each clinic's environment; c.a.r.u.s. HMS develops and distributes high performance software for hospitals.

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Mobile Healthcare Industry Summit for Best Practice and Innovation

1-2 December 2009, London, UK.
Mobile Healthcare Industry Summit 2009, a unique two-day event dedicated to best practice in global wireless and healthcare convergence, this four stream conference has been developed with support from the Continua Health Alliance, GSMA, M:Health Alliance, international healthcare providers including the NHS, Bluetooth SIG, Mobihealthnews.com and more, to ensure a real 50:50 representation from across the wireless and healthcare sectors.

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Agfa HealthCare's ORBIS Hospital/Clinical Information System Obtains SAP Interface Certification

Agfa HealthCare, a leading provider of diagnostic imaging and healthcare IT solutions, announces that the interface between its leading Hospital and Clinical Information System (HIS/CIS) ORBIS and SAP Controlling (CO), SAP Material Management (MM) and SAP Financial (FI) has been certified. The certification was carried out by an authorized team of experts from SAP after having conducted an in-depth audit on the individual functionalities.

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Siemens Partners with Leading Turkish Value Added Reseller for Soarian MedSuite

Siemens has entered into a value-added reseller agreement with leading Turkish healthcare solutions company, Simeks Tibbi Sistemler Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi, to sell Soarian MedSuite, Siemens' innovative Hospital Information System (HIS). Simeks has been specifically licensed to sell MedSuite HIS software licenses, services, and support plans to healthcare providers in Turkey.

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Tieto's National Patient Summary Solution for Sweden

Article of the Month!

The Swedish National Patient Summary solution (known as NPÖ), one of the first of its kind in the world, has received formal acceptance and has been in full production since 1 September, 2009 in Örebro County Council and the Municipality of Örebro.

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