Smart Phones and Remote Controls Help Elderly and Disabled to Manage their Homes
With €2.7 million of EU funding, researchers from the Czech Republic, Germany, Portugal, Spain and Sweden have developed a solution to give elderly and disabled people easier control over the various electronic appliances and services in their homes using their mobile phone or other devices.
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Top 20 eHealth News Articles - a Look Back at 2010
eHealthNews.eu Portal is pleased to present the Top 20 news articles of the year 2010, according to the web statistics of the most commonly viewed pages:
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Strong SME Interest and Government Backing for ICT to Assist the Elderly
The European Commission presented a report on the progress of the Ambient Assisted Living joint programme (AAL JP) which highlights very high levels of involvement by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in projects, strong levels of financial support by participating countries and recommendations to ensure ongoing positive results.
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European Commission Signs eHealth Agreement with US Department of Health
Vice-President of the European Commission Neelie Kroes and United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Washington to promote a common approach on the interoperability of electronic health records and on education programmes for information technology and health professionals.
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eGovernment Action Plan to Smooth Access to Public Services Across the EU
The European Commission has outlined an ambitious programme to work with Member States' public authorities to expand and improve the services which they offer via the Internet.
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Commission Launches Consultation on Active & Healthy Ageing
The European Commission is seeking the views of public and private organisations, companies and individual citizens on how Europe could scale up innovation to meet the challenges of the ageing population in Europe, and in particular on a pilot European Innovation Partnership (EIP) on active and healthy ageing, as set out in the Innovation Union Flagship Initiative, presented on 6 October by Maire Geoghegan Quinn, European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science and Antonio Tajani, Vice-President for Industry and Entrepreneurship.
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OpenAIRE Opens Access to EU Scientific Results
EU researchers, businesses and citizens can have free and open access to EU-funded research papers thanks to OpenAIRE (Open Access Infrastructure for Research in Europe), which the European Commission launched at the University of Ghent in Belgium.
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