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Liberating open source

Open source software is a key strength in Europe's software industry with its developers, researchers and companies being extremely active on the world stage and with many being among the leaders, facts which a recent initiative is trying to capitalise on, given in the near future open source will become a strategic necessity.

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IBM brings electronic medical records one step closer through open technology

IBM announced a major step in the drive toward a national electronic medical records system by contributing software technology that supports the exchange of healthcare information to the open source community.

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Agfa Heartlab Cardiovascular ranks #1 in KLAS report

Agfa HealthCare announces that its Heartlab cardiovascular solution for cardiology image and information management, received the top rating for Cardiology PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication Systems) in the KLAS Mid-Year Report (June 2006, www.healthcomputing.com).

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Aerotel Medical System Form an Alliance with Italian Leading Telemedicine Services Provider Telbios

Telbios, the leading telemedicine services provider in Italy, has signed an exclusivity agreement with Aerotel Medical System, world leader in manufacturing of medical devices and software platforms for telemedicine and Home Care services, for exclusive marketing and distribution of Aerotel innovative products in the Italian market.

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The BusinessWeek/Interbrand Annual Ranking

Leading global brand consultancy, Interbrand, has again teamed up with BusinessWeek to publish their annual ranking of the Best Global Brands by brand value. Now in its sixth year, the Best Global Brands report identifies the top 100 global brands that have managed to create and sustain strong performance in today's competitive market.

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Launch Conference Scottish Centre for Telehealth

Dunblane Hydro Hotel, Dunblane, Scotland 25/26th October 2006

This significant event will:

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Study identifies barriers to SME participation in framework programme

Barriers still remain to the full participation of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the framework programme (FP) in general and the Information Society Technologies (IST) programme in particular, according to a new policy paper by EFPConsulting and Empirica.

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eChallenges e-2006, Spain

The eChallenges 2006 conference will take place in Barcelona, Spain from 25 to 27 October. Organised by the European Commission, it will be an opportunity to discuss ways of bridging the 'digital divide'.

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BJHC Events are pleased to announce the 5th Autumn Forum

The fifth annual conference and exhibition
Wednesday 25 October 2006
Lakeside Conference Centre,
Aston University, Birmingham UK

Since it was launched in 2002, this annual interactive event of presentations, case histories and an exhibition has firmly established itself as one of the key events in healthcare and socialcare professionals' calendars.

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Folktandvården saves time and money with text messages

In autumn 2003 a Swedish county council introduced TietoEnator's mobile platform Instant Choice Response (ICR) for sending reminders regarding dental appointments by text message. A year later the number of missed appointments had already fallen by 16 percent. A number that is continuing to fall each month, explains Sven-Olof Andersson, financial manager at Folktandvården (the Swedish public dental care service) in Sörmland.

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