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Spanish University Hospital Goes Live with Oracle and Orion Health Technology

Orion Health, a global provider of clinical workflow and integration technology for the healthcare sector, together with Oracle, and Fujitsu Services, IT services provider in Healthcare today announced that Hospital Universitario Son Dureta in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, has gone live with an electronic health record and clinical applications portal that will provide clinicians with faster and more convenient access to patient data across the 900 bed facility. The system is based on the Oracle® Healthcare Transaction Base.

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Vodafone Certified application status for the MedifyRemote™ application

Medify Solutions Limited announced that it has been awarded Vodafone Certified application status for its MedifyRemote™ application. MedifyRemote™ is the first application of its type and allows healthcare professionals mobile access to review and update a patients' medical history records in a single, secure session via a standard Microsoft Windows Mobile PDA/phone device.

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Pilot Project for Bulgarian Electronic Health Card assigned to ICW and Cisco

Three general practitioners, five pharmacies, and 1,000 patients will be included in the pilot project for a national electronic health card in Bulgaria. The Bulgarian National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) assigned the implementation of the pilot project to the international eHealth specialist ICW and Cisco, the world's leading provider of routing and network security solutions.

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IBM - leading the patient-centric transformation

How do you improve care and lower costs? IBM and other industry leaders believe that patient-centric healthcare is the answer. This new approach puts the patient in charge of their well-being by defining treatment and operational policies that center around the individual.

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Commission launches new information source on research systems and policies in the EU

The Commission is launching ERAWATCH, a new online information platform on research systems and policies within the European Union. ERAWATCH supports the ongoing construction of the European Research Area (ERA) by providing policy makers and policy analysts working in the field of science and research with condensed and updated information and analysis on the development of research systems and policies in all Member States of the European Union plus selected other countries.

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Over 30 Countries Already Represented at the World Health Care Congress Europe 2007!

A three-day networking opportunity, the World Health Care Congress Europe 2007 is the most prestigious gathering of industry and government healthcare decision-makers in Europe. The 3rd annual event convenes over 500 leaders including health ministers, leading government officials, hospital directors, IT innovators, senior executives from public and private insurance funds, pharmaceutical and medical device companies, and heath care industry suppliers.

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ScanBalt BioRegion - On Top of Europe

The ScanBalt association reports that ScanBalt BioRegion at the end of 2006 hosts 2129 Life science companies including 671 biotech companies, 323 phama companies and 370 medical device companies.

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Training Course in Logic for Biomedical Research

20-23 June 2007, Schloss Dagstuhl, Germany
This three-day training course is designed to provide a basic introduction to the field of biomedical ontology and to enhance awareness of current developments and best practices in ontology in the life sciences, focusing on logic and computational aspects. It will include a debate on the future role of OWL DL in biomedical ontology development.

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Mobile Care Unit (MCU) - designed for e-health and telemedicine applications

Designed for stationary or portable use, the Mobile Care Unit is a unique stand-alone multidevices diagnostic system operated and controlled by a tablet-PC specifically configured. The Mobile Care Unit introduces the first interoperable PC based platform enabling the interface of bio signal sensors from different source origin, and although creating a homogeneous electronic medical record that can be reviewed and transported anywhere.

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CORDIS launches German Presidency R&D and Innovation Information Service

CORDIS, the Community Research and Development Information Service, has launched a new online service covering the research and innovation activities carried out under the German Presidency of the European Union (1 January - 30 June 2007).

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