Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE:PHG, AEX:PHI) today announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) setting out a long-term research partnership with the University Medical Center (UMC) Utrecht, the Netherlands' biggest university hospital. Philips and UMC Utrecht will seek to develop new solutions for the diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of major disease areas.
24-25 November 2008, The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, UK
Optimising patient centred care is seen by patients, government and healthcare providers as a way of improving both healthcare outcomes and patient satisfaction. eHealth technologies have the potential to play a key role in this process. TeleMed & eHealth 2008 will explore the opportunities and challenges surrounding their introduction.
Delegates attending The World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition can make the most of their time in Copenhagen by attending the Physicians' IT Symposium, one of three targeted pre-conference symposia on Monday, 3 November.
September 18-19, 2008 - Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA.
Old Dominion University in Virginia and Regensburg University Medical Center in Germany are jointly organizing an international conference to discuss recent advances and strategic needs in personalized health (pHealth) care and to foster collaboration between industry and academia.
In search of the best strategies to boost Europe's leadership in ICT (Information and Communications Technology) research and innovation in the next decade, the European Commission today launched a public consultation. Contributions from industry, ICT experts, policy-makers and the wider public will be fed into a new strategy for ICT research and innovation, to be unveiled next year.
Picis, the leading provider of information systems for the high-acuity areas of hospitals, today announced the availability of Picis Perioperative Dashboard, a Business Intelligence (BI) solution for the perioperative areas of the hospital, which include preoperative assessment units, operating theatres and anaesthesia and post-anaesthesia care.
MZI HealthCare, LLC (MZIHC) and InterComponentWare, Inc. announce a strategic partnership to deliver eHealth solutions to Independent Practice Associations (IPAs) and health plans nationwide. MZIHC is a leading vendor of health plan software and offers the widely used EZ-CAP product for claims adjudication.
At this year's ESTRO exhibition on the 14th - 18th September in Göteberg, Sweden, Siemens Healthcare will be showcasing the latest advancements in oncology imaging, treatment and therapy management. The medical devices and IT solutions have been designed to provide technological flexibility now and into the future, ensuring the optimum in patient safety and comfort.
Optimal treatment of diabetes is very difficult to achieve. The obstacles to overcome are varied: expensive treatments, poor patient adherence to treatment plans, insufficient data, etc. With these challenges in mind, a new research project titled "Computerassisted Diabetes Risk Management (CDRM)" was put in place to examine how eHealth solutions can improve diabetes care.
Vitalog, a global company working in the field of IT Life Style and Wellness, opens a new unit to focus on European Research activities and projects. This new unit will participate in and conduct joint Research activities within European programs related to Health Determinants, Lifestyle, Nutrition, eHealth, Networks, Education and eInclusion.