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Putting Patients in the Driving Seat: A Digital Future for Healthcare

The European Commission has unveiled an Action Plan to address barriers to the full use of digital solutions in Europe's healthcare systems. The goal is to improve healthcare for the benefit of patients, give patients more control of their care and bring down costs. While patients and health professionals are enthusiastically using telehealth solutions and millions of Europeans have downloaded smartphone apps to keep track of their health and wellbeing, digital healthcare has yet to reap its great potential to improve healthcare and generate efficiency savings.

The European Commission Union Committed to Contribute to an Improved Health Security Framework

Health Ministers from the Global Health Security Initiative met in Berlin to discuss the future priorities to strengthening global health security. The Global Health Security Initiative (GHSI) is an informal, international partnership between France , Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, Mexico, the United States, the European Commission and the World Health Organisation, established in 2001 to strengthen health preparedness and response globally to threats of biological, chemical, radio-nuclear terrorism (CBRN) and pandemic influenza.

Method Developed by VTT Targets Diagnosis of Early Alzheimer's Disease

A software tool called PredictAD developed by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland promises to enable earlier diagnosis of the disease on the basis of patient measurements and large databases. Alzheimer's disease currently takes on average 20 months to diagnose in Europe. VTT has shown that the new method could allow as many as half of patients to get a diagnosis approximately a year earlier.

Patients' Electronic Medical Record to the Foot of the Hospital Bed

Researchers from Universidad Carlos III of Madrid (UC3M) are collaborating with the firm IonIDE to develop a system that will enable hospital patients who suffer some type of handicap to have access to digital entertainment and communication services by means of an intelligent terminal attached to their beds, which will also allow medical personnel to consult the patient's medical history.

Stakeholder Survey: Your views on Europe's Digital Future

The European Commission's Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CONNECT) has launched a Stakeholder Survey to learn more about individuals, groups, organisations and entities who are involved in, or have views on, shaping Digital Agenda for Europe.

Bioprinting Has Promising Future

Writing in the journal Science, Professor Derby of The School of Materials, looks at how the concept of using printer technology to build structures in which to grow cells, is helping to regenerate tissue. Both inkjet and laser printer technology can be used to build the 3D scaffolds that cells can be grown in and also place the cells in these structures simultaneously.

Hospitals from France, the Netherlands and Spain Receive Stage 6 Awards

HIMSS Analytics Europe, subsidiary of HIMSS Europe, recognized six hospitals in Europe with a Stage 6 Award during the annual HIMSS Europe CIO Summit, that has been taken place in Mallorca from the 18th to 20th of November.

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Putting Patients in the Driving Seat: A Digital Future for Healthcare

The European Commission Union Committed to Contribute to an Improved Health Security Framework

Method Developed by VTT Targets Diagnosis of Early Alzheimer's Disease

Patients' Electronic Medical Record to the Foot of the Hospital Bed

Stakeholder Survey: Your views on Europe's Digital Future

Bioprinting Has Promising Future

Hospitals from France, the Netherlands and Spain Receive Stage 6 Awards

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