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More research needed into health effects of electromagnetic fields, say experts

Further research is needed to determine the impact of electromagnetic fields on health, particularly in the long term, according to the latest Opinion published by the European Commission's Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR).

Electromagnetic fields come from a range of devices, including power lines, electrical appliances, mobile phones, video displays and certain diagnostic instrumentation.

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ISPro and Mednovo agreed to cooperate

The ISPro GmbH, Germany, Hattingen, and MEDNOVO GmbH & Co. KG Medical Software Solutions, Germany, Berlin, agreed in April 2007 to cooperate in coupling the telemarketing platform jesaja.net and the picture and finding documentation system MediColor.

As point of this cooperation MediColor will provide hospitals examination data such as pictures, videos, measuring data or test results for the referring physician portal jesaja.net.

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Philips and Misys collaborate to offer technology solutions to the homecare marketplace

Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG; AEX: PHI) and Misys Healthcare Systems, a leader in healthcare IT, announced a plan to join forces to provide a comprehensive solution for the homecare market. The companies intend to develop an integrated software platform that enables homecare agencies to provide high quality care to chronically ill patients, while benefiting from operational efficiencies in monitoring and managing their patients' health status.

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College of American Pathologists Introduces SNOMED Terminology Solutions

The College of American Pathologists (CAP) is renaming its SNOMED International division. The division will now be called SNOMED Terminology Solutions and follows last week's announcement regarding the formation of the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO) that acquired the intellectual property rights of SNOMED Clinical Terms® (SNOMED CT®) and its antecedents from the CAP.

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CSW Group listed in UK's 'Hot 100'

Healthcare IT supplier - CSW Group has been ranked at number 70 in the Real Business/LDC Hot 100 league table, which charts the UK's fastest-growing privately owned businesses. This follows CSW's listing in the Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100 league table of fastest growing privately owned technology firms, which was published at the end of last year.

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Ownership of SNOMED CT® transferred to new international organisation

The newly-formed International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO®, also known as SNOMED SDO®) has acquired the intellectual property rights of SNOMED Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT®) and its antecedents from the College of American Pathologists (CAP) for $7.8 million, marking a milestone in the international standardization of health data.

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TABD Recommendation on Innovation

8 May 2007 Berlin, Germany
This event is organised by the Trans Atlantic Business Dialogue (TABD) and is supported by the EU Commission and the US Department of Commerce.

Innovation drives economic growth and job creation through increased productivity. Innovation helps our economies adapt to challenges resulting from demographic change and the shift of economic gravity towards Asia.

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RoboBraille - A European Braille and Speech Translation Service

With the financial support of the European Commission within the framework of eTEN programme, the Danish RoboBraille service is currently being tested in Ireland, Portugal, Italy, Cyprus and the United Kingdom.

RoboBraille is an e-mail based service that translates written documents to and from Braille or synthetic speech. The service is available free of charge to all non-commercial users. The primary group targeted for this service is the visually impaired and other print-impaired readers.

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Orion Health to Track Millions of Patient Notes Across 3 Hospitals in Leicester, UK

Orion Health Limited, a leading provider of integration and clinical workflow technology to the health sector, announced today that University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL) has selected Orion Health to build a new document tracking solution to improve access and filing for patient notes at Leicester's hospitals (Glenfield Hospital, Leicester General and Leicester Royal Infirmary) and 12 community facilities.

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eHealth Project of the Month - eHealth ERA

eHealth ERA contributes to greater transparency of national eHealth strategies, roadmaps and implementation activities.

The vision of transparent European healthcare systems which deliver high quality healthcare to all citizens independent of their location when in need of care is coming closer to reality. A European eHealth space facilitates this development.

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