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eHIT leverages mobile technologies to enhance remote self-care services

eHIT Health Gateway platform offers a mobile solution to collect measurements directly from the measuring devices and seamlessly transfer the collected data to the healthcare personnel for further analysis. According to the type of monitoring instrument used, measured data are easily transferred to the patient's mobile device via Bluetooth, infrared or cable connection.

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International HL7 Interoperability Conference IHIC 2006

August 24-25, 2006,
Cologne, Germany

The conference is formerly known as the International Affiliates Meeting and after we have met in Dresden (Germany) in 2000, then Reading (United Kingdom), Melbourne (Australia), Daegu (Korea), Acapulco (Mexico) and last year in Taipei (Taiwan) we will now meet late August in Cologne.

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eHeathNews.EU "What is e-health?" Poll Results

One of the first eHealthNews.EU Portal published articles was "What is e-health?" by Gunther Eysenbach, Journal of Medical Internet Research. By being based on this article we decided to create for our visitors a Pool with title "What is eHealth?" in order to strengthen the Author opinion, and to spread his "The 10 e's in eHealth" view.

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The World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition - Early registration ends on 17 July

10-13 October 2006, Geneva, Switzerland

The World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition promises to be a first of its kind event, attracting leaders and experts in health IT from Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

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FP7 to strengthen support for pan-European research infrastructures

EU Science and Research Commissioner Janez Potocnik has provided details of how the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) will continue to support the development of integrated research infrastructures of pan European interest.

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Mining biotech's data mother lode

A EU-sponsored project has developed a suite of tools that will enable biotech companies to mine through vast quantities of data created by modern life-science labs to find the nuggets of genetic gold that lie within.

The BioGrid project brought together six partners from the UK, Germany, Cyprus and The Netherlands to address one of the key problems facing the life sciences today.

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EU project improves quality of life for patients with chronic lung disease

Researchers from an EU funded project have developed a care system for patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) which promises to reduce hospital admissions and improve patients' quality of life.

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Potocnik calls on industry to help identify market needs

European industrial leaders met members of the European Commission on 5 July to discuss the future of the European Technology Platform initiatives. Science and Research Commissioner Janez Potocnik outlined the value that the Commission places on these large-scale initiatives, but asked for leaders to search the road ahead and try to anticipate market needs.

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Workshop: explaining the Seventh Framework Programme (UK)

On 12 September, Singleimage will hold a workshop on the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) in Cambridge, UK.

First Calls for proposals under the EU's FP7 are expected at the end of 2006. Technical scope, participation rules and administrative procedures are all currently under discussion and negotiation between the Commission, the European Parliament and the EU Member States.

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World of Health IT conference and exhibition

The World of Health IT (information technology) conference and exhibition 2006 will take place from 10 to 13 October in Geneva, Switzerland.

This four-day event will gather clinicians, administrators, health information users and buyers, as well as relevant public authorities and policy makers from across Europe and the Middle East in an effort to bridge the gap between public policy and the realities of day-to-day implementation of healthcare through information and communication technologies (ICT).

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