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Surgeons Sharpen Skills with New Training Simulator

A groundbreaking computerised simulator currently being tested at hospitals in France will enable trained and trainee orthopaedic surgeons to sharpen their skills without having to actually do so on patients during "live" operations.

Developed by an interdisciplinary team of experts through a project called Technology Enhanced Learning for Orthopaedic Surgery (TELEOS), the simulator softens the boundaries between theory and practice, taking vocational training into a new dimension.

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ICT drives 50% of EU growth, says Commission's annual report on the digital economy

Public and private investment in information and communication technology (ICT) is bearing fruit, finds the Commission's annual progress report on i2010 – the digitally-led strategy for growth and jobs. Technology is fuelling innovation and productivity, and there are signs of fundamental change in markets and user behaviour, as Europe moves towards a knowledge-based economy.

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Now Better Searching for Health Professionals

Although a nearly infinite amount of information is nowadays accessible via the Internet, it is not easy to systematically sort out the right information. This problem is addressed by Transinsight GmbH in Dresden, a company that develops knowledge-based search technologies in close cooperation with the Technische Universität Dresden. Now, after a development period of only six months, Transinsight GmbH has created MeSHPubMed, the worldwide first knowledge-based search engine for the medical sciences to be made available on the Internet.

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Agfa HealthCare wins major German University Hospital IT contract after pan-European pitch

Agfa HealthCare announces today that the Managing Board of the University Clinic of Schleswig-Holstein, one of the three largest university hospitals in Germany, awarded Agfa HealthCare the contract for the cross-campus introduction of its ORBIS(TM) Hospital Information System (HIS), with an integrated Radiology Information System (RIS) and IMPAX(TM) Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS).

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Computer says "yes" to more accessible therapy

Computer-based therapy for milder, but more common mental health conditions such as depression and anxiety should be made available to any patients in England who could benefit from it from April, Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt said today.

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Agfa HealthCare presents its vision of the Electronic Patient Record to enhance cardiac patient care

Agfa HealthCare announces that, with its integrated approach to cardiology information management, it continues to intensify its efforts to meet and exceed the expectations of cardiac care customers. The global healthcare solutions company applies its vision of pervasive access to complete and timely patient information across the enterprise, to its growing family of products.

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Germany launches new ICT programme

The German Government has unveiled a new EUR 5.5 billion programme aimed at further strengthening the country's position in the information and communication technologies (ICT) sector.

The ICT sector in Germany has gone from strength to strength in recent years, triggering notable innovations. In the second half of the1990s, ICT investments accounted for 18% of the country's overall economic growth.

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Successful premiere of the TeleHealth conference/exhibition

• Organizers and participants delighted
• Community successfully established in the telemedical industry
• Presentation of telemedical trends and technologies in the chronic illness, health care and home care sectors

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New EPSS service for online preparation and submission of FP7 proposals

As the deadlines for the first calls for project proposals under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) approach, the new Electronic Proposal Submission Service (EPSS) has been launched to facilitate submitting proposals online.

The EPSS allows users to propose projects by creating their proposal completely online without having to download or save anything locally on their own personal computer.

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EuroBio 2007

EuroBio 2007 will take place in Lille (North of France's capital city) from the 26th to the 28th of September 2007. Last year, EuroBiO 2006 Paris was attended by almost 5,000 people, making it the number 1 springboard for meeting the key players in bioscience and bio-industry in Europe.

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