Agfa HealthCare and the Free University of Brussels sign long-term research agreement
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Agfa HealthCare, a leading provider of IT enabled clinical workflow and diagnostic imaging solutions, and the Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel hospital, linked to the Vrije Universiteit Brussel university (Free University of Brussels), announce today they have signed a long term agreement to advance current research surrounding hospital IT and diagnostic imaging solutions.
Conference on academia-industry cooperation
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A conference entitled "European Researchers of Tomorrow - Crossing the Borders of Academia and Industry" will be held in Stuttgart, Germany, from 13 to 15 May 2007.
The aim of the conference is to highlight the importance of the promotion of young researchers for Europe and to effectively document and increase Europe's attractiveness for scientific talent. The focus will be on cooperation between science and industry.
Robot with a foot prosthesis
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European research helps people with dementia to navigate their day
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The recently launched CogKnow project, funded under the EU's Sixth Framework Programme (FP6), aims to help people to remember, maintain social contact, perform daily life activities and enhance their feelings of safety.
ROBOSOFT unveils ESTELE, worldwide first healthcare robot for tele-echography
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ESTELE implements robuBOX leading technology of ROBOSOFT. This concept of tele-echography, validated by the LVR (Robotics & Vision Laboratory) of Bourges, on an original idea of Professor Arbeille and carried out first by the European Spatial Agency and the CNES, has been industrialized by ROBOSOFT, who, thanks to its experience in service robotics, succeeded in developing and producing off the shelf robots.
The updated programme of the eHealth Conference 2007 is online
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An updated programme in English of the eHealth Conference 2007 is from today onwards available on the eHealth Conference 2007 webpage.
The high-level eHealth Conference 2007 is going to take place from 17 to 19 April 2007 at Messe Berlin. It is a joint project of the European Commission, the German Federal Ministry of Health, the regional government Berlin and the Association for Social Security Policy and Research.
Agfa HealthCare launches ORBIS(TM) in the United Kingdom
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Agfa HealthCare announces that it is launching ORBIS(TM) in the United Kingdom. Displayed for the first time in the UK, at the Healthcare Computing 2007 in Harrogate, ORBIS has been designed to provide hospitals and healthcare facilities with an Electronic Patient Record (EPR) solution, which includes scheduling activity management and communication software.
eHealth priorities and strategies in European countries
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The European Commission, Directorate General Information Society and Media, supports the eHealth ERA Coordination Action project to contribute to the coordination of Member States' eHealth strategy formulation and implementation as well as eHealth-related research and technology development. The project surveys and analyses eHealth roadmaps and programmes across Europe, identifies common priority issues, and develops suggestions for joint actions.
eHealth Project of the Month - Health-e-Child
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Health-e-Child: an integrated e-healthcare platform for European paediatrics
Healthcare processes and models will progressively require coordinated European e-health solutions in order to cope with demographic changes, current demands, future crises and growth in expectations.
The European Microsoft Innovation Center (EMIC) is starting the project EMERGE
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Currently, the European Microsoft Innovation Center (EMIC) is starting the project EMERGE, supporting elderly people with innovative emergency monitoring and prevention.
Delayed calls of emergency medical services - in case of physical or mental disorders resulting from strokes or falls, for example - lead to increased hospitalization and movement of elderly people into nursing homes.