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MEDNET 2007 Call for Contributions

MEDNET 2007 - 12th World Congress on Internet in Medicine Society for Internet in Medicine
Leipzig/Germany, October 7th - 10th, 2007

Organizing Committee of the MEDNET 2007 Congress is inviting to submit Abstracts, Tutorials, Posters, Workshop and Congress Proposals.

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The secret to Germany's FP6 success

Germany took the opportunity to look back at its impressive performance in the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) as it held a national launch event for FP7 in Bonn on 15 and 16 January.

Germany is ranked first among all participating countries for FP6. The latest available statistics from the European Commission show 7,449 German participations in 3,027 FP6 contracts, with a total EU contribution to German participants of around €2.3 billion.

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Siemens Strengthens Its Position in the European Healthcare IT Market

On January 1, 2007, Siemens Medical Solutions took over Gesellschaft für Systemforschung und Dienstleistungen im Gesundheitswesen mbH (GSD), headquartered in Berlin. With more than 300 customers in 14 countries, GSD is a market leader in the area of health information systems (HIS).

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Study finds open source key to European ICT competitiveness

A new study on the economic impact of Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) on the European information and communication technologies (ICT) sector has found that it could increase Europe's competitiveness.

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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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