From 22 to 25 October 2007 the second edition of the World of Health IT Conference and Exhibition will take place in the Austria Center in Vienna, Austria, focusing on The Impact of Technology on Healthcare Delivery. As Corporate Sponsors of this convention, Agfa HealthCare herewith invites to visit the Booth 801.
The European Commission, together with seven European organisations: EUROREC, COCIR, EHTEL, HINE, CPME, EHMA and HOPE and 2 international organisations WHO and HIMSS are co-organising the second World of Health IT conference in Vienna 22-25 October, 2007. The first edition took place in Geneva in 2006 and demonstrated the great interest and need for such a market place where all the professionals in the domain can meet to learn from each other and find the most appropriate solutions at the largest exhibition dedicated to eHealth in Europe, Middle East and Africa.
The ISO-HL7 PHR International Survey team invites to participate in a survey of the international uses of Personal Health Records and Personal Health Informatics. The goal of this survey is to inform and update the standards-development community of the current needs, desires, and trends surrounding the electronic Personal Health Record (PHR).
The World of Health IT 2007 (WHIT 2007) is the interactive platform for the EMEA region. Prominent representatives from major world companies will provide insight into emerging trends, while managers, practitioners and technicians will provide case studies, tips and solutions. WHIT 2007 Exhibition will robustly complement the Conference, gathering some 100 exhibitors from around the region to demonstrate new strategies, tools and technology designed to enhance the day-to-day quality of healthcare delivery through ICT.
In the frames of the upcoming World of Health IT Conference 2007 Sun Microsystems will be presenting the Sun Virtual Desktop Solution - Caregiver mobility with security. The Sun Virtual Desktop Solution addresses healthcare desktop challenges by providing caregiver information mobility with security. The Sun solution starts with virtualizing complete desktop environments and installing them in the datacenter where they can be secured, managed, and maintained. Now, a few servers can be managed instead of hundreds or thousands of desktop devices.
For the first time, European Society of Radiology (ESR) has organised the annual Management in Radiology (MIR) Congress, a professional meeting aimed at administrators of radiology departments worldwide. Held from 10 to 13 October in Oxford, UK, the MIR Congress has attracted 137 professionals from 29 countries.
Transinsight, provider of knowledge-based software solutions, has released a new online version of the well-known life-science search engine GoPubMed. This, the first semantic search engine, reduces search time by up to 90%. By sorting search results it enables scientists to answer biomedical questions in completely new way.
MEDNET 2007 Congress is over and was a great success by being able to host over 220 participants from more than 25 countries. Congress organizers have done a successful job by assuring an impressive presence and a very friendly but working environment for the worldwide leading industrial and research organizations active in Medical Internet and eHealth sectors.
Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) announced a new patient monitor and a new multi-measurement module that will help clinicians and first responders better focus on treating patients, whether transporting patients through various departments of the hospital for care, or responding to an emergency in the field. Philips' new IntelliVue MMS X2 and IntelliVue MP2 are the latest examples of the company's commitment to patient care and safety.
BridgeForward Software, a leading provider of application integration technology to the healthcare industry will introduce an embeddable, private-label version of its flagship interface engine, ClearSpan Server for the European market at the World of Health IT Conference being held in Vienna, Austria next week.