Publishing, nanotech and universities: Portuguese priorities
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Portugal hopes to stimulate initiatives in three key areas during its stint in the EU's Presidency seat: publishing and scientific information; nanosciences and nanotechnologies; reform and modernisation of universities.
Setting the scene for its Presidency, the Portuguese Government states: "We know that globally, the European Union has not yet reached the goal of 1% public investment in R&D, or the 2% of private investment in R&D.
The third successive European eGovernment Awards
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The third successive European eGovernment Awards, organised by the European Commission, have this year received 311 cases from 32 of the 34 eligible European countries.
Together with the forthcoming Ministerial eGovernment Conference in Lisbon (PT), the Awards revolve around four main themes relating to ICT: "Better public services for growth and jobs"; "Participation and transparency"; "Social impact and cohesion" and "Effective and efficient administration".
Call for Papers - Workshop on Semantic Web in Ubiquitous Healthcare
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The main focus of this workshop is on providing an overview of existing ubiquitous care platforms and elaborating on how semantic web technologies can impinge on such existing efforts.
Ubiquitous healthcare refers to an emerging paradigm that is gradually reshaping the old "patient-seeing-doctor" scenario into one in which health services and information (e.g. clinical advices and warning, patient status monitoring and feedback, etc.) become just "one-click" away.
Spanish University Hospital to Pilot Mobile Clinical Assistant with Intel, Oracle, and Orion Health
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A group of healthcare technology providers comprising Intel, Oracle and Orion Health, announced plans to pilot at the Hospital Universitario Son Dureta in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, the use of the new Motion C5 mobile clinical assistant (MCA) platform.
Using RFID technology, integrated into the MCA, to read patient wristbands, the doctor or nurse will be able to access patient information such as demographics and clinical results (e.g. blood tests, scans etc).
SCM Microsystems' eHealth100 Terminal First to Receive GEMATIK Qualification
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SCM Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCMM, Prime Standard: SMY), a leading provider of solutions that open the Digital World, announced that its eHealth100 is the first health card terminal to receive approval for participation in release 1 of the field tests of the electronic health card program in Germany. The German eHealth card program is the largest electronic healthcare project in the world to date, with planned deployment of 82 million electronic health insurance cards and thousands of health provider cards over the next few years.
Patients and Healthcare Providers to Experience Significant Benefits from the Use of the Internet
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The growth of Internet applications in healthcare has been rapid. A growing number of patients are becoming increasingly involved in the healthcare service they receive. These 'power patients' possess characteristics that distinguish them from traditional patients and are an important factor in driving the use of the Internet in healthcare.
SOPRANO Project is online
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SOPRANO stands for "Service-oriented Programmable Smart Environments for Older Europeans" and is an Integrated Project in the European Commission's 6th Framework Programme (IST Priority 6th Call on Ambient Assisted Living -AAL). The SOPRANO project is to develop affordable, smart ICT-based assisted living services with interfaces which are easy to use for older people and familiar in their home environment.
System C Healthcare announces a significant strategic step
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System C Healthcare PLC ("System C") (AIM:SYS), the provider of specialist IT products and services to the healthcare sector announces a significant strategic step into the private healthcare market with the acquisition of IQ Systems Services Ltd ("IQ") for a maximum consideration of £2.16m.
IQ is a leading supplier of patient management and clinical software solutions for private treatment centres and hospitals.
CSW acquires software assets of H2HCare
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CSW Group Ltd have acquired the software assets of H2HCare, a health IT company, specialising in the 'business of healthcare' providing web-based billing, contracting and financial
management capabilities to support effective patient care for public and private healthcare
organisations.
H2HCare products will be incorporated into CSW's Case Notes product suite, extending it from an Electronic Health Record for cross-agency shared care into a complete service management system for scheduling care delivery and meeting the extended contract quality challenges in the new Commissioning environment.
Opening new markets worldwide for Europe's ICT industry: Commission launches public consultation
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