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The Second eHealth Edition at the Open Days 2008 Health Village

9 October 2008, Brussels, Belgium
Following the success and interest of the first OpenDays Health Village in 2007, the Information Society and Media DG and the Health and Consumers DG of the European Commission, EUREGHA and COCIR are organizing a second edition of this event.

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Better Healthcare for All in Europe

Health Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou launches today the 'Europe for Patients' campaign in Brussels. The campaign highlights the different health policy initiatives the Commission intends to adopt in the coming 6-9 months. All these initiatives are bound by a common goal - better healthcare for all in Europe.

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Webinar on the Draft eHealth Standards Mandate Report

CEN, CENELEC, and ETSI, the three European Standards Organizations (ESOs) announce the launch of the joint project eHEALTH-INTEROP, which will address the requirements of the European Commission mandate on standardization in the field of eHealth. The project team invites all stakeholders to a Webinar on Thursday the 2nd of October 2008 from 15.00 till 16.30 CET on the draft eHealth Standards Mandate report recently issued for public comment until October 22nd.

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New RIS Module Enables GPs to Directly Book Patient X-ray Exams

Carestream Health and the San Salvatore Hospital in the Province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo Region of Italy, are developing a module for the KODAK CARESTREAM Radiology Information System (RIS) that allows General Practitioners (GPs) within the region to directly book digital X-ray examinations for their patients and receive the results back on their PC.

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Connected Personal Health in 2015: "Getting it Right!"

This Vision Paper is a creative synthesis of many ambitious ideas about possible developments in the field of telehealth. These imaginative glimpses of telehealth futures, crafted by some of the leading health and technology experts in the field, project a fascinating new world of personal health possibilities that could become very real within the next few years.

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Cross-Border Medical Assistance - Interoperability of eHealth Services

Article of the Month!

On July 2, the European Commission released, as part of the Renewed Social Agenda, two documents with significant importance to supporting cross-border healthcare delivery.

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A New Computer-Modelling Tool to Improve Psoriasis Management and Treatment Outcomes

LEO Pharma has unveiled a new weapon in its long-running campaign to improve psoriasis management and treatment outcomes. However, the weapon is not a new drug but a ground-breaking computer-modelling tool, designed to help those involved in the assessment, planning and provision of psoriasis treatment in primary care to balance optimum outcomes with the growing need for cost control.

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Call for abstracts Med-e-tel 2009

April 1-3, 2009, Luxembourg, G. D. of Luxembourg
Med-e-Tel 2009 invites to join its Educational and Information Program of interactive seminars on eHealth, telemedicine and all possible ICT applications in medicine. Organized by Luxexpo and supported by wide range of national and international associations and institutions, this three day meeting brings together leading specialists to present recent achievements and developments in the field.

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eHealth Terminal from SCM Microsystems Approved for German eHealth Card Program

SCM Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCMM, Prime Standard: SMY), a leading provider of solutions that open the Digital World, announced today that its eHealth200 BCS terminal has been approved by the gematik - the German healthcare organization overseeing the implementation of Germany's eHealth card program.

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EuroBiOpartnering - the EuroBiO 2008 Business Convention

EuroBiO 2008, the Life Sciences Event of the EU Presidency awarded prestigious EU Presidency Label, will take place at the Palais des Congrès conference centre in Paris from Tuesday, October 7th to Thursday, October 9th inclusive. During these three days, the international life science community will be brought together around the Four Pillars that made the success of BIO in the US: the Conference Pillar, the Business Convention Pillar, the Exhibition Pillar, and the Career Fair Pillar.

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