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Text Message Reminders Boost Breast Cancer Screening Attendance

Women who received a text message reminding them about their breast cancer screening appointment were 20 per cent more likely to attend than those who were not texted, according to a study published in the British Journal of Cancer*. Researchers, funded by the Imperial College Healthcare Charity, trialled text message reminders for women aged 47-53 years old who were invited for their first appointment for breast cancer screening.

iManageCancer Survey: Your Opinion Counts

Would you like to contribute to the future of cancer treatment in technology? iManageCancer project is trying to find out how mobile healthcare (mHealth) and serious games might help people with chronic illnesses and in particular cancer. Significant improvements due to cancer research have led to more cancer patients being cured, and very many more enabled to live with their condition.

How to Move Telemedicine from Pilot to Scale

What is needed to deploy telemedicine? The right context, involvement of the key people, good planning and sound "running" of the process. The Momentum Blueprint, published today in its final version, offers critical success factors and performance indicators that help decision makers to scale up healthcare services from a distance through information technology.

Scientists Map Brains of the Blind to Solve Mysteries of Human Brain Specialization

Studying the brain activity of blind people, scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem are challenging the standard view of how the human brain specializes to perform different kinds of tasks, and shedding new light on how our brains can adapt to the rapid cultural and technological changes of the 21st Century.

Robots Learn to Use Kitchen Tools by Watching YouTube Videos

Imagine having a personal robot prepare your breakfast every morning. Now, imagine that this robot didn't need any help figuring out how to make the perfect omelet, because it learned all the necessary steps by watching videos on YouTube. It might sound like science fiction, but a team at the University of Maryland has just made a significant breakthrough that will bring this scenario one step closer to reality.

The Antilope Network Advances eHealth Interoperability in Europe

The Antilope network, a group of of international eHealth stakeholder organisations and national competence centres, has released a final set of documents that provide the best available guidance and reference for advancing eHealth interoperability in Europe. They include:

mHealth in Europe: Published Consultation Results

Privacy and security, patient safety, a clear legal framework and better evidence on cost-effectiveness are all required to help mHealth flourish in Europe, according to the responses to a European Commission public consultation. 211 separate responses from public authorities, healthcare providers, patients' organisations and web entrepreneurs, inside and outside the EU, gave feedback on eleven issues related to the uptake of mHealth in the EU.

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Text Message Reminders Boost Breast Cancer Screening Attendance

iManageCancer Survey: Your Opinion Counts

How to Move Telemedicine from Pilot to Scale

Scientists Map Brains of the Blind to Solve Mysteries of Human Brain Specialization

Robots Learn to Use Kitchen Tools by Watching YouTube Videos

The Antilope Network Advances eHealth Interoperability in Europe

mHealth in Europe: Published Consultation Results

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