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The Future of Healthcare: Cancer Killing Robotic Swarms are just the Beginning

12 - 13 February 2015, Dublin, Ireland.
RE.WORK Health Summit will be held in Dublin, and will provide a unique opportunity to interact with leading scientists, entrepreneurs, physicians & exciting startups in the very same place. Meet fellow innovators with the same passion to change the world. Discover cutting-edge technologies on the horizon from the world's leading innovators & scientists.

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Future Internet Challenge for eHealth SMEs and Startups across Europe

The Future Internet CHallenge eHealth (FICHe) accelerator has launched an open call for applications. All European eHealth small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) and startups eager to develop innovative applications in the eHealth domain using FIWARE technology are welcome to apply. They can win up to €217,000 per team, over €500,000 worth of partner services, coaching, PR and other support.

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The Shadow of a Disease

In future, some diseases might be diagnosed earlier and treated more effectively. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light in Erlangen have developed an optical method that makes individual proteins, such as the proteins characteristic of some cancers, visible. Other methods that achieve this only work if the target biomolecules have first been labelled with fluorescent tags; In general, however, that approach is difficult or even impossible.

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Marand's Think!EHR Platform Wins EU SME Instrument of Horizon 2020 Grant

The European Commission has published a list of the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that will be first to benefit from its new €3 billion SME Instrument. 155 SMEs from 21 countries will each receive €50,000 to finance feasibility studies for their projects. After that, their projects may be considered for further financial support from the Commission worth up to €2.5 million.

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Advanced Health & Care to Provide World Leading Mental Health Trust with Patient Management System

Leading software provider, Advanced Health & Care (Advanced) has won a significant contract to provide the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust (the Trust) with Carenotes, a powerful patient information management system. The Trust is one of the UK's most respected mental health trusts and provides outpatient treatment to more than 2,000 people in London and the South East of England.

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Harrogate Trust Leaps Ahead in Patient Safety with Tech Fund Money

A new digital approach to capturing vital signs and recording critical bedside observations will allow hospital staff to respond much more quickly to patients who need urgent attention, following the introduction of Patientrack at Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust.

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Researchers Debunk Myth About Parkinson's Disease

Using advanced computer models, neuroscience researchers at the University of Copenhagen have gained new knowledge about the complex processes that cause Parkinson's disease. The findings have recently been published in the prestigious Journal of Neuroscience.

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Tech Startups and SMEs Share €90m of EU Funds to Disrupt the European Markets

The European Commission is committing €90 million to Open and Disruptive Innovation over the next 12 months. A new tool to help doctors communicate with non-responsive patients; a cloud-based irrigation controller to improve water efficiency on farms by up to 30%; an "electronic nose" to better determine how fresh your food is - these are a few of the 30 tech SMEs and start-ups to receive EU funding.

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South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Chooses InterSystems HealthShare for Joined up Health and Care

InterSystems, a global leader in software for connected healthcare, has announced that South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has chosen the InterSystems HealthShare® health informatics platform for its health information exchange (HIE) and clinical portal for use throughout the South Devon and Torbay region.

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Are You a SME or Startup in eHealth? Apply Now to Future Internet CHallenge eHealth (FICHe)

The objective of Future Internet CHallenge eHealth (FICHe) is to accelerate small and mid-sized enterprises (SME) and startups that develop innovative applications in the eHealth market building upon the FIWARE technology, i.e. FIWARE generic enablers, specific enablers and/or domain specific platforms.

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