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New Tool to Transform Medicines Cost Management in Hospitals

In response to escalating demands for cost management in the NHS, medicines management specialist JAC has launched a medicines reporting module, which provides a rapid, easy to use view of medicines costs, usage and budgets for hospitals using JAC's Pharmacy Management system.

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The Orchard Medical Centre Reports on the Success of Telehealth

GPs at The Orchard Medical Centre in Bristol have reported on the success of telehealth in improving care for patients with chronic heart failure (CHF), keeping them independent and out of emergency care, and promoting greater self-management.

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ACCESS-IT 2009 Event and ACCESS-IT 2009 Awards

ACCESS-IT follows the success of the ACCESS-IT Awards Competition in 2008, by offering a two day event on Accessibility and Assistive Technology on 22nd and 23rd September 2009 at Microsoft (UK), Victoria, London, UK. This event sees the integration of a series of seminars, workshops, demonstration stands and networking activities with key players from across Europe working in the field of e-Accessibility and Assistive Technology.

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White Paper: Towards a Healthier Europe

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How innovations in eHealth can improve medical care, increase efficiency, and create new jobs.
Developed economies are already finding it hard to maintain standards of healthcare on existing budgets. Now payers are facing a huge dose of extra cost as, building on advances in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, imaging, diagnostics and other fields, medical technology is delivering the potential for new treatments and diagnostics.

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SmartLife Technology Revolutionises Smart Garments for Healthcare

SmartLife Technology has advanced remote monitoring by integrating sophisticated, knitted sensors into any garment from shirts to socks to arm bands. Until now, traditional health monitoring was fashioned through adhesive pads/gels, wired to medical equipment and focused on torso monitoring.

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Ubisys Integrates Anoto Digital Pen Technology to Improve Data Entry into Electronic Patient Records

A new solution from Ubisys will make it easier for NHS staff to update Electronic Patient Records (EPRs) shared by local NHS providers such as hospitals and GPs. Ubisys is integrating Anoto's Digital Pen and Paper technology with SystmOne, the most widely used primary care database within the NHS National Programme for IT.

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Pioneering Cardiac Telemedicine Service Handles 50,000 Calls from Surgeries and Community Clinics

Broomwell's award-winning cardiac telemedicine service has now handled 50,000 calls from surgeries and community hospitals for people with chest-pain symptoms in England, saving an estimated 32,000 hospital referrals for patients since the service started in 2006.

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EuroBio 2009 - the Partnering and Tech Transfer Event for the Bioindustry

September 23-25 2009, Lille, France
To address the needs of both academic researchers and companies by uniting all the actors of the biotechnology sector - especially the starts-ups and spin-offs - EuroBiO 2009 asserts its ambition: to support the transfer of knowledge and expertise from academic research to the economic world.

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Baltic Conference on E-Health 09: Cross-Border Healthcare

September 15-16, 2009, Hamburg, Germany.
The 3rd Baltic Conference on E-Health will focus on "Cross-Border Healthcare". Healthcare managers/providers from Germany, Russia, Poland, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania will find an excellent platform to discuss how unlimited, cross-border access for all citizens to most efficient and high-quality healthcare services can be ensured.

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iawards to Recognise and Celebrate the Best Achievements in Science, Technology and Innovation

iawards are the first awards of their kind to be backed by the British government, working in partnership with leading entrepreneur James Caan. They will shine a light on new technologies and innovations, showing how they can translate into the innovative products and services that improve our daily lives. They will stimulate commercial interest, as well as helping to bridge the gap between business and the general public.

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