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CSW Group is SME Organisation of the Year

Oxford-based healthcare IT company, CSW, was awarded the title of 'SME Organisation of the Year' at the prestigious British Computer Society (BCS) IT Awards ceremony last week. The awards, which took place at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London, were presented by BBC news broadcaster Kate Silverton in recognition of excellence, professionalism and innovation in IT.

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eHealth Topic of the Month - Telemedicine

The European Commission (EC) has encouraged experts in the field of telemedicine to play an active role in the development of innovative technologies for chronic disease management. The TeleHealth 2007 conference (Brussels, Belgium, 11 December 2007) aims to identify barriers to broad telemedicine development and concrete actions for the European Union Institutions, Member States, Regions, Industries, User organisations and other stakeholders.

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Research Institutes from Finland and Singapore Develop Remote Healthcare Services

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and A*STAR Agency for Science, Technology and Research from Singapore have developed remote healthcare services that allow patients to be treated globally independent of time and location and irrespective of the solutions provided by hardware and data system suppliers. In Finland, the first trial services for treating cardiac patients and patients suffering from chronic illnesses have been promising.

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EU Project Wears Technology on Its Sleeve

If the move from the typewriter to the computer was a revolution, then the next stage in evolution could see humans interacting with computers inserted into their clothes. The EU-funded WearIT@work project has imagined just such a scenario. Its researchers have been busy exploring a range of applications where wearable technology could facilitate a new form of human-computer interaction to significantly improve the productivity of workers and even help save lives.

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TeleHealth 2007 - Telemedicine and Innovative Technologies for Chronic Disease Management in Europe

Breydel building, Avenue d'Auderghem 17, Brussels
11th December 2007
Europe is facing the challenge of delivering quality healthcare to all its citizens, at an affordable cost. The increasing demand by citizens for best quality healthcare, the costs of managing chronic diseases, and the need for prolonged medical care for an ageing society are major factors behind this challenge.

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pHealth 2008 - International Workshop on Wearable Mycro and Nanosystems for Personalised Health

The 5th edition of the International Workshop on Wearable, Micro and Nano Technologies for the Personalised Health, pHealth 2008 will take place May 21-23 2008, in the Conference Centre of the Polytechnic University of Valencia, in Valencia, Spain. pHealth Workshop is a forum of discussion, networking and experiences exchange about the state of the art and future challenges on nano and micro technologies, wearable and implantable sensors and ICT into personal health management systems.

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Information Society and Inclusion: Linking European Policies

The Lisbon Council in 2000 agreed to make a decisive impact on the eradication of poverty and social exclusion by 2010. Building a more inclusive European Union is an essential element in achieving the Union's ten year strategic goal of sustained economic growth, more and better jobs and greater social cohesion. Member States coordinate their policies for combating poverty and social exclusion on the basis of a process of policy exchanges and mutual learning known as the Open Method of Coordination (OMC).

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Thomson Scientific Launches Thomson Innovation

Thomson Scientific, part of The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC) and leading provider of information solutions to the worldwide research and business communities, has launched its new intellectual property research and analysis solution, Thomson Innovation.

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ePractice.eu launches European Journal of ePractice

The European Journal of ePractice, a new online publication on eGovernment, eHealth and eInclusion has been launched as an initiative of the European Commission's ePractice.eu portal. The aim of European Journal of ePractice (EJeP) is to reinforce the visibility of articles as well as that of professionals in eTransformation, building an author's community which will strengthen the overall ePractice.eu activity.

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COMPAMED is the Innovation Fair Par Excellence

Biomedical engineering is one of the most dynamic and innovative industries. In terms of patents and of its share of the world market, Germany is in second place after the USA. According to the data of the European Patent Office in Munich, biomedical engineering is at the top of the list of registered inventions with 14,700. Altogether, 11.4 percent of all newly registered patents are from the biomedical engineering industry.

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