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Capgemini is platinum sponsor of the 3rd annual event in Barcelona, Spain

Following the success of the last two World Health Care Congresses - Europe in 2005 and 2006, we are pleased to once again be the premier sponsor and host of the World Health Care Congress – Europe 2007.

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Agfa HealthCare's ORBIS information system will enable St.-Jozef hospital to optimize patient care

Agfa HealthCare announced yesterday it has been chosen to provide the St.-Jozef hospital, a medium-sized healthcare provider in Izegem, Belgium, with its ORBIS hospital and clinical information system, which manages the entire patient flow through all hospital departments.

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CORDIS gateway to FP7

In anticipation of the final approval of the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) by the European Council, CORDIS, the Community Research and Development Information Service, has launched a new FP7 service. The new web service provides the latest state of play as the EU's new research and development (R&D) programme moves into its implementation phase. It will then develop into a fully-fledged support service for all potential participants and interested parties.

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FP7 Funding Academy, Budapest

European Funding Academy
7th Framework Programme
Five Week Programme On Project Development And Management

• 29 January - 25 February 2007 (eLearning - 4 weeks)
• 26 February - 2 March 2007 (Workshop - 1 week)

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CORDIS launches new Guidance and Support section

A new 'Guidance and Support' section has been published by CORDIS, the EU's official information service on research, technological development and innovation, in order to further improve the help for users to make the most of CORDIS services.

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The FP7 Coach: Vehicle to Success

When seeking funding for their research, many researchers and research managers write proposals to the European Commission each year. Typically, the total amount asked for in response to a Call exceeds the monies available by a factor of 5 to 10, depending on the Programme. Roughly this implies an average success rate of 10%-20%.

A great deal of information is available and easily accessible through the Internet - mostly free of charge. This information is published either directly by the Commission services or by associations, universities, and consultants.

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eHealth week Berlin 2007

The eHealth week Berlin 2007 takes place from 16th to 20th April 2007 at Messe Berlin, Berlin's international exhibition and conference centre. Conceived and organised as a European event, it is part of the associated programme of the German EU Presidency 2007.

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ICMCC 2007 Call for Papers

The 4th ICMCC Event will take place in the Novotel Amsterdam (close to the WTC), June 8-10, 2007. Special hotel rates will be offered at registration (opening March 1, 2007).
The event will focus on 2 main topics

• Electronic records and patient record access
• Digital Homecare

Authors are encouraged to focus their contributions from a patient's perspective.

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Barroso calls for greater collaboration to ensure progress on innovation

To remain competitive globally, Europe has to change innovation from a buzzword to a byword, European Commission President José Manuel Barroso told European industrial leaders on 6 December.

To do so requires working together to solve the European paradox, whereby Europe has the necessary knowledge and research, but then fails to take this knowledge to market, said the Commission President.

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Launch of Thomson Clinical Xpert Delivers Essential Medical Information to Physicians via PDAs

Thomson, a leading provider of clinical and management decision support solutions to healthcare professionals, announced the launch of Thomson Clinical Xpert™ for PDAs.

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