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SIMID First European Provider of Online Full Text Publications

SIMID is the first in Europe to use a single centralized databank to bring scientific-medical full-text publications within easy reach. Through S.M.I.L.E. (Scientific Medical Information Library Europe), medical professionals can search for and download original publications and reviews online, from prominent international peer-reviewed medical scientific journals. Currently, the database contains more than 1000 journals from 28 internationally renowned publishers.

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Aerotel Medical Systems Reveals New Innovative Personal Safety Solution at Mobile World Congress

Aerotel Medical Systems, a world leading manufacturer of modular, mobile and home-based telemedicine and telecare solutions, reveals its new GeoSkeeper™ GPS-based personal safety device for seniors, children and lone workers. GeoSkeeper™ will be demonstrated along with other Aerotel remote monitoring solutions as part of the Israel Mobile Association (IMA) pavilion at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (February 11th-14th, 2008) at Hall 4, Level 1.

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BMJ Group & Cerner Collaborate To Provide Better Information For Doctors

BMJ Group announced that the company has entered into an agreement with Cerner Corporation to integrate its evidence-based medical information with a range of solutions offered by Cerner in the UK and internationally. The first outcome of this collaboration will be the introduction of Order Entry sets for the hospital sector which brings together BMJ Group's evidence-based research database, BMJ Clinical Evidence, with Cerner Millennium(r) software.

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DocCheck® Establishes Worldwide Community of Healthcare Professionals

Following the successful launch of the DocCheck® Faces network in Germany, DocCheck, the leading community for medical professionals in Europe, is now making its social networking package available in other countries. Within DocCheck® Faces, medical practitioners can put their profile on show, set up their own forums and exchange news with colleagues.

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iSOFT Systems Integrate Patient Records Across Portuguese Health Centres

iSOFT Spain, an IBA Health Group company, has installed its hospital information solution at four health centres and one hospital in Portugal for private healthcare group ESSAUDE in a project worth €519,000. The system was installed in just four months. Running on a single database, the solution provides integrated patient management, clinical and financial applications across the five centres.

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InferMed Announces successful collaboration with Siemens

InferMed Ltd, the leading global provider of advanced decision support and data capture solutions for clinical research and practice, today announced that they have successfully completed the first year of study in conjunction with Siemens AG and researchers at the Technical University of Munich that enables an immediate, scalable method of automatically transferring data from an EMR to an EDC system, reducing lag time and greatly increasing efficiency.

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Chronic Care at the Crossroads White Paper

The World Health Organization reports that chronic disease is responsible for 60% of all deaths worldwide. In the UK, 17.5 million people are living with chronic illness, and among people over 75 years of age, three-quarters have at least one chronic disease. Chronic illness is challenging for patients because they often have to make significant changes in their social and family relationships while dealing with physical pain, prolonged medical treatment, psychological distress and growing restrictions on their daily activities. As a result, their quality of life is significantly reduced.

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Virtual Human Offers Insights Into HIV Drug Efficacy

EU-funded scientists have used a prototype of a Virtual Physiological Human (VPH) to simulate the efficacy of an HIV drug in blocking a key protein used by the virus. The VPH concept involves linking networks of computers from around the world to simulate the inner workings of the human body. With it, scientists can study the effects of a drug and see what is happening at the organ, tissue, cell and molecular levels.

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The First Web 2.0 Pharmaceutical News Portal

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World Pharma News project is launching a Web 2.0 pharmaceutical news platform, named as well World Pharma News but with attached '.net' extension. Web 2.0 generally represents knowledge-oriented social-networking platforms focused first of all on collaborative approaches.

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Computer Technology to Aid Therapy of Speech Disorders

Under the auspices of the OLP project, a complete computer-based system was developed that may significantly contribute to the therapy of specific speech disorders at the articulation level. The system effectively combines automatic speech recognition and distance learning. Based on real-time audio-visual feedback of the subject's speech, therapy can be specially designed and customised to each individual's specific needs.

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