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IBM Research Unveils 3D Avatar to Help Doctors Visualize Patient Records and Improve Care

IBM (NYSE: IBM) researchers unveiled a prototype visualization software that allows doctors to interact with medical data the same way they interact with their patients: by looking at the human body. Created at IBM's Zurich Research Lab, the technology uses an avatar - a 3D representation of the human body - to allow doctors to visualize patient medical records in an entirely new way.

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WHO Calls for More Research on Patient Safety

WHO and its partners called for increased research to improve patient safety. They emphasized the need for intensified research at an international conference opened recently in Porto, Portugal. The conference on Patient safety research: shaping the European agenda will examine evidence showing that harm from medical care poses a substantial burden in terms of suffering and death in Europe and around the world.

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Scientists Join Forces to Create European Supercomputer

Some 37 national grid projects have teamed up as part of the European Grid Initiative (EGI) to set up a distributed computing network that will enable laboratories to collaborate via thousands of computers merged into one supercomputer. The project is bringing together national experts in order to set up the design of a sustainable European Grid Infrastructure.

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iSOFT Launches Reporting Application for Laboratory Users

iSOFT has introduced a new reporting tool giving the 150 NHS trusts using its laboratory information systems the ability to produce detailed management and pathology reports in minutes, after an agreement with business intelligence partner FMI Business Solutions Group. The new Web-based Rapid Analytics module from FMI is for users of iSOFT i.Laboratory and i.Laboratory TP.

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Strüngmann Brothers invest in eHealth Specialist ICW

Santo Holding (Germany) GmbH of Hexal founders Strüngmann secured a 25 percent share in the eHealth specialist InterComponentWare AG (ICW). This transaction was performed by the purchase of newly issued shares in the context of an increase in capital stock. The present owners of ICW do not surrender any shares in this transaction.

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CPHIMS exams to be held for first time at WHIT 2007

For the first time, certification will take place at the World of Health IT Conference and Exhibition, hosted by the Austria Center in Vienna. WHIT '07 runs from 22-25 October and the exam will be held on the afternoon of the first day. There is a pre-registration deadline of 8 October. Seating is limited and test slots will be filled on a first-in/first-confirmed basis.

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Keynote Speakers show quality of World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition

Following on from the success of last year's inaugural World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition (WHIT) in Geneva, the organisers have built on that event's popularity and effectiveness to put together this year's conference at the Austria Center in Vienna, Austria, from 22–25 October 2007.

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Stakeholders To Benefit From Targeted Symposia At WHIT 2007

The World of Health IT (WHIT) conference and exhibition takes place in Vienna from 22-25 October, focusing on the key topic of the impact of technology on healthcare delivery. Central to the whole event will be the involvement of stakeholders, via three satellite symposia.

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Are all possible IT innovations in healthcare desirable?

From artificial kidneys to robots as nursing staff in hospitals, information technology (IT) is becoming increasingly important in preventive healthcare and the treatment of diseases. But not everything that is technically possible will also be accepted, say researchers from the German Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI).

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Executive Healthcare Exchange - The Business Value of Healthcare IT

Monday, October 22, 2007 Hilton Vienna Danube, Vienna, Austria
Join your fellow healthcare executives for a unique opportunity to foster the exchange of ideas, business experiences, and best practices in healthcare information technology. This international event is bringing together recognised leaders in healthcare IT with attendees, speakers, and panelists from many countries including Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Middle East.

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