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The economic benefits of implemented eHealth solutions at ten European sites

This study shows that across a wide range of eHealth applications clear evidence can be found of the benefits of information and communication technologies in routine healthcare settings.

These benefits range from improvements in quality and better access of all citizens to care, to avoidance of unnecessary cost to the public purse.

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Refining the process of gathering information

Bombarded by information from numerous sources, many people today turn to electronic news-aggregation services to find what they want. One European team of researchers claims to have developed a flexible and innovative tool that enables journalists and other users to fine-tune the process of news-gathering and delivery.

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TietoEnator acquires Swedish IT company Laps Care AB

TietoEnator has acquired Swedish Laps Care AB from parent company Optimal Solutions AB. Laps Care specialises in IT support for resource optimisation in elderly care, home care and home nursing.

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European Council adopts common position on FP7

The European Council adopted a common position on the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) at a Competitiveness Council meeting, held on 25 September in Brussels. Agreement on FP7 should now be reached under the co-decision procedure, assuming the European Parliament responds positively in its second reading.

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HL7 UK 2006 - The Future of Integration

Hotel Russell, Russell Square, London, UK

HL7 UK's annual conference is on 25-26 October. This is the one event of the year that you really should attend to find out what is happening in healthcare interoperability. There is a lot going on, which you may not know about unless you have been directly involved. This is your chance to get up to date.

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Experiences in Using Web Services and Web Service Semantics in eHealth

eHealth information systems today are proprietary and often only serve one specific department within a healthcare facility. It means it is impossible to easily share data across one facility, never mind trying to share data across different facilities, or different countries.

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TietoEnator starts cooperation in healthcare with the German Marabu

TietoEnator and the German company Marabu EDV GmbH have agreed to the closer integration of the widely used hospital information system (HIS) iMedOne® with Marabu's archiving system PEGASOS®.

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EnBW Acquires Interest in eHealth Specialist ICW

EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG has acquired a minority interest in the eHealth specialist InterComponentWare AG (ICW). The additional capital is intended to accelerate the further development of the innovative ICW networking solutions, and to reinforce the international market presence of the company.

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EU launches ambitious new 10-point innovation plan

The European Commission has launched an ambitious 10-point innovation plan which calls for urgent action at regional, national and European levels and across a range of policy areas.

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ICT Standardization and Research - towards FP7

Wednesday 17 January 2007,
Brussels, Bedford Hotel, 135 – 137 rue du Midi

COPRAS, together with its consortium partners CEN, CENELEC, ETSI, W3C & The Open Group, organises a major conference on ICT research and standardization, against the background of the launch of the European 7th Framework Programme.

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