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Robotics for Healthcare Final Report

For the last two decades the European Commission (EC), and in particular the Directorate General Information Society and Media, has been strongly supporting the application of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in healthcare. ICT is an enabling technology which can provide various solutions in the healthcare sector, ranging from electronic patient records and health information networks to intelligent prosthetics and robotised surgery.

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Siemens Healthcare and Hospital Clinic in Barcelona Enter Into Agreement

Siemens Healthcare has announced the signing of an agreement with Hospital Clinic in Barcelona, Spain, to integrate the use of laboratory diagnostics, imaging and information technology systems with the intent to improve management of patient care from early detection and diagnosis of diseases or conditions to patient treatment.

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Call for Papers: MIE2009 - Medical Informatics in a United and Healthy Europe

30 August - 2 September, 2009, Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina.
The Medical Informatics Europe (MIE) Conference is the main scientific event in medical, biomedical, and health informatics, held every two years out of three in Europe. Scientific presentations are from more than 40 countries and all continents.

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The 5th Annual World Health Care Congress Europe

13-14 May 2009, Bedford Hotel & Congress Centre, Brusels, Belgium
Acknowledged as the leading European forum on health care innovation, The 5th Annual World Health Care Congress Europe presents business cases, best practices and strategies for addressing the pressure and current challenges facing European health care - efficiency, economic stability, access to care, quality care, patient safety, and patient mobility within and across borders.

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Newham and Milton Keynes Receive European Awards for Use of Telehealthcare

The London Borough of Newham and Milton Keynes Council have received prestigious European awards for their pioneering use of telehealthcare solutions to improve the quality of life for older people and those with long-term conditions.

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Philips Further Expands Home Healthcare Solutions

Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE:PHG, AEX:PHI) today announced it has acquired the aerosol therapy business of Medel SpA in Italy. In a related transaction, Philips also acquired a manufacturing facility in Guandong, China for nebulizer compressor systems and operations in Hong Kong.

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Call for Abstracts: The 14th Annual International CyberTherapy and CyberPsychology Conference

21-23 June 2009, Verbania, Italy.
The 14th Annual International CyberTherapy and CyberPsychology Conference (CT14) brings together researchers, clinicians, policy makers and funding agencies to share and discuss advancements in the growing disciplines of CyberTherapy & CyberPsychology.

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Picis Software in the Most Cost- and Care-Intensive Areas

Picis, the leading provider of information systems for emergency departments, operating rooms and intensive care units, announced that top-ranked Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Surrey, England has selected the Picis CareSuite® integrated software for its surgical, anesthesia and critical care areas.

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The First Radiology Information System with Citrix Ready Speech Recognition for the EMEA Region

Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) has announced the successful integration of its SpeechMagic technology into GE Healthcare Centricity Radiology Information System (RIS) in a Citrix environment. Centricity powered by SpeechMagic is the first RIS to provide industrial grade speech recognition - including front and backend support - within Citrix Application Delivery Infrastructure.

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Expert System for Automatic Analysis of Data Quality in Clinical Trials

In the framework of the development scheme 'Central Innovation Scheme for Medium-sized Businesses' of the German Federal Ministry for Economics and Technology (BMWI), clinIT AG, based in Freiburg, Germany, has been awarded a six-figure federal grant in cooperation with the Institute for Informatics of the Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Faculty for Data Bases and Information Systems.

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