COMPAMED is booming: High-tech solutions for medical technology are in demand!
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Increasingly, micro and medical technology are growing together and driving each other on to new developments. According to a survey by IVAM, the Professional Association for Microtechnology (Dortmund), medical technology is the principal target sector for European microtechnology companies, with a clear lead on the telecommunication and electronic industries. Over 43 percent of the companies asked regard medical applications as the primary focus of their marketing opportunities.
CASCOM Workshop on Informational Technology for Medical Quality Monitoring and Emergency Care
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Information Technology is more and more influencing the daily practice in healthcare. Examples are the proliferation of electronic health records, workflow support for medical processes and therapy protocols, etc. Together with the ubiquitous availability of relevant information, information technology also found its way into emergency care - both in prehospital and in hospital emergency care.
eHIT Ltd. Provides Mobile Phone Based Wireless Telecardiology System
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eHIT Ltd. and Japanese company AnalyzeYou Inc. have signed a co-operation agreement which includes mobile phone based telecardiology system's global development and maintenance. The first delivery consists of 100 wireless mobile units to Japanese markets.
Launching the Research Project GO3R to Develop a Knowledge-Based Search Engine
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Tunstall and Carers UK Launched New Support for Carers Guide
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Leading telecare and telehealth provider Tunstall has partnered with charity Carers UK to produce its new guide Support for Carers: solutions for independent living, which offers support and practical advice to the six million carers throughout the UK. The guide has been launched at the New Horizons Telecare Conference held on 6th September, where keynote speakers from the Department of Health and leading UK charities outlined how telecare can support families, promote employment and deliver tangible benefits for users and their carers.
Whittington Hospital Turns to PowerHealth Solutions for Patient Costing
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Australian software developer PowerHealth Solutions announced that The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust has purchased its technologically advanced patient level costing and service line reporting system, PowerPerformance Management, together with the PowerBusiness Reporting suite of ad hoc management and digital dashboard reporting tools.
The First Web 2.0 Healthcare News Platform - health2.info
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health2.info is a Web 2.0 Health Information and news interchange and publication tool for Health professionals. The objective is to provide information about Healthcare relevant stories that users found around the internet.
health2.info whishes to establish a social web (web 2.0) about Healthcare on different health interests groups (management, technology, public health, medical research, etc.), where there is a lot of knowledgement, news and interesting projects but mostly of them are dispersed all around.
Initiate Systems and Capgemini UK Support Every Child Matters National Programme
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Initiate Systems, Inc., a leading provider of person-centric master data management solutions for creating complete, real-time views of data about people, places, and things, today announced the signing of a contract with Capgemini UK to provide the foundational linking and matching technology for the ContactPoint system. ContactPoint is a key element of the Every Child Matters: Change for Children Programme to support more effective delivery of children's services in England through better sharing of information among authorised users in the Children's workforce.
Pressure Sensors in the Eye
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If the pressure in the eye is too high, nerve fibers die, resulting in visual field loss or blindness. Since increased intraocular pressure, also known as glaucoma, is not usually painful, the condition is often diagnosed too late.
New Online Platform & Print Edition - swiss-ICT-healthnet
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The swiss-ICT-healthnet is an eHealthcare web project accompanied by a new printed publication, both with main focus on medical IT & eHealth communication in Switzerland and European Union.
If you are interested in knowing more about the medical IT or eHealth communication, you will find daily news and information on conferences, events, research, studies on the new portal.