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Healthy China: Finnish health care technology meets Chinese medicine

China attracts interest all over the world. Finns are now exporting their health care expertise to China. A Chinese-Finnish collaboration, the Healthy China project is about the prevention of lifestyle diseases such as adult onset diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.

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TietoEnator strengthens its position in European healthcare market

TietoEnator has acquired the entire share capital in the German healthcare IT provider Cymed AG. The company specialises in hospital information solutions and hygiene software for hospitals and laboratories.

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The 2007 European ICT Prize is launched!

A total of €700,000 to be won

The "European Information Society Technologies Prize" has changed its name "the European Information and Communication Technologies Prize", or "the European ICT Prize.

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European Commission and French Ministers to attend EuroBiO 2006

EuroBiO, an international congress bringing together biotechnology and the bio-industries, will take place in Paris, France, from 25 to 27 October.

Each of the three days will deal with a specific theme, through a programme of conferences, symposia, round tables and plenary sessions:

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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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