At this year's TeleHealth exhibition and conference, which for the first time is fully integrated into the annual trade show CeBIT, diabetics will be transformed into cyber-patients, our own beds into wireless sleep laboratories, and the doctor's practice into a high-tech communications centre. Over two days, 7 and 8 March 2008, the TeleHealth show-within-a-show in Hall 8 will focus on telemedicine processes in healthcare and the latest eHealth solutions.
What future role will information technology play in the medical care of patients in hospitals and general practices? How can information technology help to reduce costs in the healthcare sector? Visitors to this year's CeBIT can find answers to these and other questions at TeleHealth 2008, which for the first time this year is being staged as an integral part of CeBIT, the world's biggest trade fair for the digital industry.
The European Congress of Radiology, the annual meeting of the European Society of Radiology, will be held March 7-11, 2008 in Vienna, Austria. With more than 17,000 participants from over 90 countries, ECR has grown into the second largest medical meeting in Europe and the second largest radiological congress worldwide.
RamSoft, a developer of innovative RIS and PACS software will be announcing the expansion of its international distribution network into Europe at this year's European Congress of Radiology (ECR Booth 458). The company is inviting healthcare solution providers, imaging equipment manufacturers, networking IT companies as well as sales professionals to inquire about exclusive territorial partnerships.
Unilever, one of the world's largest consumer products companies, will continue working with Transinsight towards a tailored solution from GoPubMed that meets Unilever Research's diverse scientific data mining requirements. Today's searching is mostly split between Internet and intranet searches.
Healthy ageing is not just about prolonging life. It is about promoting the necessary means to enable older people to continue to participate in society and to cope with daily life. It concerns learning, the exchange of good practice and the development of strategies and policies designed to promote older people's individual well being and personal growth. This brochure is about the potential for the development of health promotion and preventative measures for older people.
Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) was recently recognized in the 2007 Top 20 Year End Best in KLAS Awards report. KLAS, an independent research firm specializing in monitoring and reporting performance of healthcare information technology (HIT) vendors, announced that Philips Xcelera, a cardiovascular image management, analysis and reporting solution, was named the KLAS General Market Software Category Leader for Cardiology Reporting & Documentation.
The Fondazione Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori (the Italian National Cancer Institute) in Milan can be considered a forerunner in the usage of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) in the European healthcare sector, as it is moving towards this technology in many clinical areas. The Istituto had a need for greater efficiency in the management of the transfusion process, as it had no information system for the detailed monitoring and control of the process; the transfusion service did not have instant access to all the necessary information and for some procedures operators only have access to hardcopy aids.
The development of innovative ultrasound imaging equipment within the UMEDS project aims to provide for mobile stroke detection. When linked to advanced telemedicine systems, such diagnostic equipment could offer valuable information to guide prehospital thrombolysis.
CORDIS, the Community Research and Development Service, has launched a new health research web service for the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). It will provide a highly informative portal on this major theme, which comes under the umbrella of the FP7 Cooperation programme.