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Transinsight Wins FutureSAX VC-Forum for Best Company

FutureSAX invited venture capitalists and entrepreneurs from all over Germany to Dresden under the motto "Lift Off with Venture Capital - Emphasis on Technology and Environment." In front of 80 guests, among them 30 investors, the jury selected Transinsight with its software technology for knowledge-based information searches from seven finalists as the winner of the most promising investment.

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Alliance for MRI Welcomes Postponement and Amendment of the EU Directive

The Alliance for MRI welcomes the European Commission's announcement that it will postpone and amend legislation which would pose a serious threat to the use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in patient welfare and scientific research. The EU Physical Agents Directive 2004/40/EC (EMF) is to be delayed by four years until 30th April 2012 to allow time for a substantive amendment to be adopted.

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European Commission Adopts New Health Strategy

Fostering good health in an ageing population, protecting citizens from health threats and supporting dynamic health systems and new technologies are the objectives of the new health strategy adopted by the European Commission on 23 October. The White Paper, entitled "Together for Health - A Strategic Approach for the EU, 2008-2013", sets out a framework to respond to a wide range of health challenges in a comprehensive and coherent way.

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CATRENE Programme to Succeed MEDEA+ as European Nanoelectronics R&D Champion

MEDEA+, the EUREKA pan-European Programme for advanced co-operative Research and Development in Microelectronics, today announced details of the new EUREKA programme called CATRENE (Cluster for Application and Technology Research in Europe on NanoElectronics) that will take up the challenge of increasing Europe's strength in micro- and nanoelectronics after the highly successful MEDEA+ programme reaches its conclusion in 2008.

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Maccabi Healthcare Services Wins Microsoft Customer Award

Leading Israeli HMO Maccabi Healthcare Services has won a Microsoft Customer Award for its successful development and deployment of a customer relationship management (CRM) system based on Microsoft's Dynamics CRM platform. The first of its kind in Israel, the system integrates all member requests to any Maccabi branch or its national call center from its member-patients throughout Israel – all through a single, unified, simple-to-operate computer system.

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eHealth Trends Across Europe 2005-2007

Pre-liminary report of the "WHO/European eHealth Consumer Trends Survey"
The report presents the results from the 2007 eHealth Trends survey. The number of Internet health users increased from 44% in 2005 to 54% in 2007. The growth in the use of Internet for health purposes is found in all seven countries participating in the survey.

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BCS calls for submissions for HC 2008: Invitation to the Future

IT professionals working in the health and social care field are being called upon to submit papers and participate in the British Computer Society's (BCS) Healthcare Computing Conference 2008: Invitation to the Future. The three day conference will take place at the Harrogate Conference Centre 21-23 April 2008. The call is for papers, posters, tutorials, panel sessions, and association and group sessions.

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Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology at WHIT 2007

Mark Leavitt, M.D., Ph.D., chair of the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology, provided an overview of U.S. activity in accelerating health IT adoption through certification today at The World of Health IT (WHIT) Conference and Exhibition. Co-presenter of this session was Dr. Georges De Moor, M.D., Ph.D., head of the Department of Medical Informatics and Statistics at the University of Ghent and Belgium President of the European Institute for Health Records (EuroRec).

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European Expert Platform to Address Measurement of Human Emotions

Discussing the best ways to measure human feelings and emotions is the aim of a new European expert platform. Results of the platform FEEL EUROPE will help to create the basis for novel research topics, technologies, cooperation and innovations across various applications and industrial branches, believe participants in a new EU-funded project.

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Stakeholders Gather for Second Edition of The World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition

Some 2000 members of the healthcare delivery community from 64 countries gathered in Vienna 22-25 October 2007 for the second edition of The World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition. The main organisers of this event include the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), the European Commission (EC) and the World Health Organization (WHO).

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