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EU Wants to Steer Innovation on Active and Healthy Ageing

The number of Europeans aged 65+ is expected to increase by 45% between 2008 and 2030, and even further to over 30% of the population by 2060. This major challenge needs to be tackled at EU level to help older Europeans enjoy an active and healthy life.

Lack of Interoperability Limits Personal Health Solutions

Failure to address interoperability has been identified as a major challenge for the growing personal health solutions market, states the conclusions of the SmartPersonalHealth project report published today.

Commission Seeks Views on Improving Healthcare by Applying ICT (eHealth)

The European Commission is seeking citizens' and other interested parties' views on how the EU can help to deliver widespread benefits to the quality and efficiency of healthcare by applying information and communication technologies (ICT) (so-called 'eHealth').

New Window Opens on European eHealth

A newly redesigned website for IHE-Europe opens a window on the accelerating movement to electronic records across Europe, giving a new visibility to successful programs. The website features links to five pan-European initiatives, nine national programs, and highlights success stories from regional implementations.

Public Consultation on the eHealth Action Plan (eHAP) 2012-2020

The European Commission has been investing in eHealth research for over 20 years. Since 2004, it has been developing targeted policy initiatives aimed at fostering widespread adoption of eHealth technologies across the EU(1).

Commission Awards New EU Legal Status to Cross-Border Databank

A major multi-national research databank on population ageing will be the first ever research infrastructure project to enjoy a new European legal status that will make such projects easier to set up and simpler to run, the European Commission decided.

Greater Diagnostic Accuracy in Pulse-Wave Velocity Measurement

The Austrian research institute AIT Austrian Institute of Technology has in cooperation with German industrial partner I.E.M. developed a 24-hour device to measure blood pressure that basically provides a more-exact diagnosis of high blood pressure than previous blood-pressure measurement devices.

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EU Wants to Steer Innovation on Active and Healthy Ageing

Lack of Interoperability Limits Personal Health Solutions

Commission Seeks Views on Improving Healthcare by Applying ICT (eHealth)

New Window Opens on European eHealth

Public Consultation on the eHealth Action Plan (eHAP) 2012-2020

Commission Awards New EU Legal Status to Cross-Border Databank

Greater Diagnostic Accuracy in Pulse-Wave Velocity Measurement

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