Ten Technologies which Could Change our Lives: Potential Impacts and Policy Implications
This report acts as a 'taster' for those interested in understanding more about how today's emerging technology trends could impact upon society in ways yet to be fully considered by policy-makers and the public. Europe in the 21st Century is a 'technological society'. Its citizens have seen rapid technological progress occur over a matter of decades; progress which has taken place at virtually every level of society and throughout the economy. 
A study by the analytics division of HIMSS UK has, for the first time, highlighted a correlation between the maturity of IT within NHS hospitals and improvements to patient outcomes. The research, which combines data from 91 NHS hospitals in England together with HIMSS Europe's proprietary EMRAM capability data (Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model) demonstrates that 
Substantial health gains can be achieved from a healthier lifestyle and if countries were on par with today's healthiest lifestyle there would be up to a 3 year increase in life expectancy. However, the effect of lifestyle on health spending remains unclear and seems to disappear when overall wealth (GDP per capita) is taken into account. These are the main conclusions of the recently published study. 
Digital Healthcare Agency, Integrated Change, has launched a free 12 step guide to writing a mobile app brief for the healthcare industry. The 21 page document is intended to guide healthcare organisations considering developing a mobile application through the often under-valued step of writing the initial brief. 
On November 3 - 4, 2014 the 6th International Advanced Research Workshop on In Silico Oncology and Cancer Investigation - The CHIC Project Workshop (IARWISOCI) was held in Athens, Greece. This IEEE-EMBS technically co-sponsored conference proved an excellent opportunity for contributing to the shaping and advancement of the emerging discipline of in silico oncology.