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HIMSS EMEA Leadership Survey

ICT Priorities... Implementation Barriers... Investment, budget and adoption... Emerging Technologies... Staffing Challenges

What are the trends with these and other key ICT issues in your country and across larger regions (Europe, the Middle East and Africa)?

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LifeSensor Technology Provides the Basis for Scientific Study

The eHealth specialist InterComponentWare AG (ICW) was chosen as technology partner, which is providing the web-based personal health record LifeSensor for the three-year research study. BARMER, Germany's largest health insurance provider, starts evaluating the effects of the personal health record on the health behavior and the situation for the provision of health care to its insured as part of a Germany-wide research study.

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Australia Announces Funding for 19 International Research Projects

Australian researchers are welcoming the announcement of AUD 5.2 million (EUR 3.2 million) for 19 research projects involving international partners. Seven of the new projects involve cooperation under the EU's Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) for research, and 14 in total involve European partners.

"World-class science is currently being undertaken in Australia and these projects allow these leading researchers to participate further in the international science community, enriching our partnership with other countries," said Australian Minister for Education, Science and Training, Julie Bishop.

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Proposals to the eHealth Standardization Bodies

Proposals to the eHealth Standardization Bodies represents a novel dissemination approach of the RIDE Project achievements and in special a web based representation of the Deliverable D.5.3.1 – Proposals to Standardization Bodies.

eHealth Ontology Project has launched a Section which collects 22 Recommendations to the eHealth Standardization Bodies, all interested eHealth professional are welcome to rate and to comment all published Recommendations.

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2nd eHealth Congress in Antalya/Turkey

2nd eHealth Congress in Antalya/Turkey, October 18 - 20, 2007
2nd eHealth Congress proposes to make a contribution into the debate over the health informatics and practices through the presentation of the newly-developed approaches, development of new practices, discussion of the health information network and security, overcoming the possible problems and new research and practices to be carried out in the field of "Health Informatics and Telemedicine Practices".

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Philips Simplifies Patient Care at ESC 2007

Cardiovascular diseases are the world's number one killer. Globally, over 17 million people die from such diseases each year, and it's estimated that the number of cardiac patients will increase by 34% over the next four years. For cardiologists, this translates into a growing pressure to treat more patients in less time. Technology is already helping cardiologists to meet this challenge at many stages in the care cycle. But too often new technology means new levels of complexity.

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BioMeetingpoint at the Biotechnica Fair 2007

The Biotechnology Thematic Group (BioTG) of the IRC Network together with other European partners are organising again the BioMeetingpoint for companies, R&D organisations and stakeholders to hold bilateral meetings at Biotechnica Hannover, Europe's leading biotechnology trade fair, which will take place in Hannover, Germany 9 - 11 October 2007.

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Patient Safety Research Conference

24-26 September 2007, Porto, Portugal
The aim of this conference is to promote research on patient safety in Europe and internationally. It will have significant benefits to patients, practitioners and researchers, and contribute to improvements in quality of health care and citizen health.

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The World's First Bioscience Spell Checking Software

Spellex Corporation announces the new release of the 2007 version of their popular bioscience spelling software for Microsoft and other programs. The new release includes more than 200,000 specialty words from the bioscience industry and new spelling engine enhancements.

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Electronic Health Card continues to be a Hot Topic at MEDICA 2007

The programme announcement for MEDICA MEDIA 2007, the Forum for Telemedicine, held in connection with the largest international Trade Fair for Medicine, MEDICA (14 to 17 November / Düsseldorf), is now available on the Internet. The electronic health card, telemedicine, new media - focus areas such as these ensure that this year's MEDICA maintains its important rank in the daytimers of service providers in the outpatient and in-patient care sectors.

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