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Antwerp University Hospital works with IBM and I.R.I.S. Solutions

The Antwerp University Hospital (UZA Belgium) has contracted IBM's long-term business partner I.R.I.S. along with IBM (NYSE: IBM) to deliver several backbone solutions for its electronic patient record (EPR). The project, which will include the digitization of the hospital's extensive medical archive, will increase process efficiency at the hospital's Medical Information department.

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TeleMed & eHealth '06

Transforming the patient experience Monday 20 - Tuesday 21 November 2006 The conference aims to cover the following topics: People's use of e-Health for self care Development and implementation Finding out how it works Telecare and people with long term conditions

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Radio Frequency Identification Devices (RFID): Frequently Asked Questions on the Commission's Public

The European Commission reports on the initial findings from its wide public debate on Radio Frequency Identification. At the "RFID – Heading for the Future" conference in Brussels, possible future policy options will be discussed with stakeholders from all over Europe and beyond.

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Mobilise healthcare professionals with the latest technology

7-8 December 2006, Hilton Canary Wharf, London
There are many estimates as to how fast mobile technology solutions are developing at present. Juniper Research stated in May 2006 that spending on mobile health care in North America and Europe will reach $2.7bn by 2010.

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HIMSS Opens European Office in Brussels, Belgium

The new HIMSS initiative is focused on bringing together healthcare IT professionals in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, or EMEA, who share the common goal of improving the delivery of healthcare through information technology and management systems.

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Med-e-Tel 2007 Call for Abstracts

You are cordially invited to join us at the Med-e-Tel exhibition and its educational and information program of interactive seminars on eHealth, telemedicine and all possible ICT applications in medicine, which will cover the results of recent or ongoing projects and research, real life experiences and existing programs, product presentations, and exhibitor training sessions.

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MEDICA 2006 with a comprehensive range of information on IT in health care

This year, the VHitG (Association of Manufacturers of IT Solutions for Health Care) and Messe Düsseldorf will again be organising their joint forum "MEDICA meet.IT – The Forum" from Wednesday to Friday within the context of the world's largest medical fair MEDICA in Düsseldorf (15 until 18 November 2006).

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A roadmap towards a European HealthGrid

A major challenge for the coming years is to address the unique ICT aspects of the life sciences in an integrated way. Life science research present the need to access, analyse, protect & share massive quantities of diverse, geographically distributed information, computationally intensive analysis techniques and rapidly evolving medicine, science & technology.

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Barriers to eHealth deployment must be overcome

At the first World of Health IT Conference and Exhibition in Geneva, representatives of the European healthcare IT and ICT industry gathered to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing eHealth solutions in Europe today.

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CSW to work with Consortium to specify Finnish National Healthcare Information System

The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (Finland) has chosen the consortium headed by WM-data, to specify the Finnish national healthcare information system architecture. The consortium includes: Avain Technologies, Commit; Oy, CSW Group and Medici Data. This specification work will provide the foundation for a logically integrated healthcare service information system nationwide.

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