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Israeli researcher receives EU grant for development of 'electronic nose'

An Israeli researcher has been awarded a grant of € 1.73 million by the EU under its Marie Curie Excellence programme for the development of an 'electronic nose' that can sniff out cancer.

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MEDICA und ComPaMED 2006: Position as Global Hub for the Medical Sector Impressively Confirmed

The world's largest medical fair MEDICA plus ComPaMED, the leading international trade fair for upstream supplies in medical production, have impressively confirmed their position as the global hub in the medical sector.

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Germany's FP7 launch event

On 15-16 January 2007, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) will host a national kick-off event in the Internationales Kongresszentrum Bundeshaus Bonn (IKBB) to launch the 7th EU Research Framework Programme.

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Multix Swing giving new momentum to practices

During the Medica in Duesseldorf, Siemens Medical Solutions shows an X-ray unit that ensures high quality diagnostics for practices with limited budgets. Known as Multix Swing, the system brings new momentum into the everyday life of medical practices headed by radiologists, surgeons and orthopedists.

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Commission gives green light to launch 30 new eTEN projects

On 16 November the European Commission launched 30 new eTen projects which will run over the next 3 years. These will validate and deploy electronic services in the public interest serving European citizens and businesses in areas including eHealth, eGovernment, eLearning, eInclusion, SME support, and Trust and Security.

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TietoEnator supplies IT support for operational planning to the City of Stockholm

TietoEnator will supply an operational planning system for home and elderly care services to the City of Stockholm. The system is to be integrated with the city's existing operational system. The system being procured - named SchemOS by the City authorities - offers efficient planning support for care suppliers throughout the City of Stockholm.

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Siemens brings network connectivity to healthcare

The electronic healthcare card is viewed in Germany as an opportunity for a modern healthcare system. Experts estimate that more than 500 million euros can be saved in Germany annually. Behind this number are intelligent server solutions, billions and billions of data bits, highly-developed security technology, digital hospitals, networked physicians, and above all: a focus on patients.

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Connecting for Health: Global Vision, Local Insight

Report for the World Summit on the Information Society
Information and communication technologies are changing health care delivery and are at the core of effective, responsive health systems. These technologies are key to connecting people, information and research to improve health in countries. They are also vital in enabling rapid response to global threats to health.

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Siemens presents Germany's first scenario for integrated healthcare based on gematik specification

At Medica 2006 Siemens is exhibiting the first functional scenario for integrated healthcare in Germany, including cards, connector, and mandatory and value-added services. Medica visitors can discover how integrated healthcare could work in the future. For this scenario, Siemens already satisfies the stringent data protection and security requirements of the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) regarding the confidential processing and transfer of patient data.

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ITRE reaches agreement on FP7

The European Parliament's Industry, Research and Energy Committee (ITRE) has adopted, in a second reading, a set of comprise amendments on the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), which were agreed upon in informal meetings with the Council.

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