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Barriers to eHealth deployment must be overcome

At the first World of Health IT Conference and Exhibition in Geneva, representatives of the European healthcare IT and ICT industry gathered to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing eHealth solutions in Europe today.

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CSW to work with Consortium to specify Finnish National Healthcare Information System

The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (Finland) has chosen the consortium headed by WM-data, to specify the Finnish national healthcare information system architecture. The consortium includes: Avain Technologies, Commit; Oy, CSW Group and Medici Data. This specification work will provide the foundation for a logically integrated healthcare service information system nationwide.

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ScanBalt - the network of networks

ScanBalt - the network of networks - has the vision of creating a competitive world-class meta-bioregion. ScanBalt BioRegion consists of the Nordic and Baltic countries as well as Poland, Northern Germany and Northwestern Russia (11 countries in total).

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Recent study points to cost savings of up to 30 percent with ORBIS hospital information system

At The World of Health IT (WoHIT) Conference, Agfa HealthCare announces the findings of a recent study that the company commissioned from Accenture on the economic efficiency of ORBIS™, Agfa's comprehensive hospital-wide clinical information system.

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Getting eHealth to live up to its promise

With Europe's population ageing rapidly and the demand for healthcare growing, healthcare services need to become more efficient. However, little hard evidence is available on the contribution of eHealth solutions.

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Philips ProScribe connects physicians to patient information across the hospital

At World of Health IT 2006 in Geneva from October 10-13, Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) will be showcasing the ruggedized ProScribe wireless thin-client display from Philips FIMI, which enables physicians and nurses to access patient data immediately, wherever they are in the hospital.

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GA2LEN NoE calls for more focus on allergies in FP7

The Network of Excellence (NoE) GA2LEN is urging policy makers to support the European Parliament's proposal to include allergic diseases in the health priorities of the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7).

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Agfa HealthCare will present its full IT Solutions portfolio at The World of Health IT 2006

At the World of Health IT (WoHIT) Conference and Exhibition, Agfa HealthCare will present its full IT Solutions portfolio, including ORBIS, one of the leading Hospital Information Systems in Europe.

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Call for Papers HealthGrid 2007 in Geneva

24th to 27th of April, 2007
HealthGrid 2007 is the fifth annual conference dedicated to grids for life science and healthcare. The goal of the conference is to give an opportunity to all stakeholders to review the status of the grid technology and to evaluate the progress made in the development and deployment of grid applications for life sciences, medical research and healthcare.

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European Commission study shows 5% leap in European industrial R&D spending

The 2006 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard shows that the top 1000 EU companies increased their R&D by an average of 5.3 % in 2005. This figure is in line with the results of a Commission survey released earlier this year. The top 1000 non-EU companies raised their R&D investment by 7.7%, showing a world-wide boost in R&D spending.

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