Expert Systems seeks original manuscripts for a Special Issue on Advances in Medical Decision Support Systems scheduled to appear in October 2008.

The foundation for any medical decision support is the medical knowledge base which contains the necessary rules and facts. This knowledge needs to be acquired from information and data in the fields of interest, such as medicine.

eHealthNews.EU Portal offers a unique opportunity for all European/International eHealth initiatives, organisations and institutions by promoting the published/accepted CORDIS Profiles. The offered service is free of charge and has been designed as a tool for partnership development in the frames of the current FP7 Open Calls.

The essential approach of CASCOM is the innovative inter-disciplinary combination of intelligent agent, Semantic Web, P2P, and mobile computing technology. Conventional peer-to-peer computing environments are extended with components for mobile and wireless communication. Semantic Web services are provided by peer software agents which exploit the CASCOM coordination infrastructure to efficiently operate in highly dynamic environments.

The Research Training Network INTACT is a multi-disciplinary network of 9 partners from 8 European countries (Germany, France, Czech Republic, UK, Hungary, Portugal, The Netherlands, Switzerland) which aims to improve health care for women with eating disorders.

INTACT will research and develop individually tailored treatment and stepped care interventions based around risk and maintaining factors, and the processes of getting well and staying well. The network will use a wide range of methodologies spanning genetics, neurobiology, psycholinguistics, psychotherapy process and mental health service research to internet and communication technology.

ePractice.eu portal announced that the Lithuanian eHealth Strategy Project for 2007-2015 has just been approved by the eHealth Development Coordination Board, meeting at the Ministry of Health.

The eHealth Strategy Project aims to improve healthcare services by maintaining the quality and continuity of patient-orientated services, using information and communication technologies.

Proposals Submission Deadline: September 15, 2007
Full Chapters Due: January 15, 2008

A book edited by: Roland Staudinger, Herwig Ostermann, Bettina Staudinger
Institute of Medical Law, Human Resources and Health Politics
University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Hall/Tyrol, Austria

Portugal hopes to stimulate initiatives in three key areas during its stint in the EU's Presidency seat: publishing and scientific information; nanosciences and nanotechnologies; reform and modernisation of universities.

Setting the scene for its Presidency, the Portuguese Government states: "We know that globally, the European Union has not yet reached the goal of 1% public investment in R&D, or the 2% of private investment in R&D.