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Bristol Community Health Counting the Benefits of Mobile Technology

Bristol Community Health has reported improvements in staff satisfaction, patient experience, in addition to increased patient contact time, following the introduction of a community health mobile workflow management solution provided by TotalMobile. Speaking at the 10th Annual Mobile Healthcare Summit in Toronto recently, Julia Clarke, Chief Executive of Bristol Community Health reported that clinicians surveyed as part of the pilot are 35% more positive about their ability to do their job to a standard they are satisfied with and respondents feel 31% more able to manage caseload demands better.

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Key Players to Discuss Latest Innovations in Continuum of Care

2 - 4 April 2014, Nice, France.
HIMSS Europe, the Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society, is organising a new edition of the World of Health IT (WoHIT), taking place in Nice, France. This is where European ehealth leaders and professionals will discuss how IT can improve the safety and quality of patient's care. In this sense, one topic in particular is creating a high expectation and wider interest: The Continuum of Care.

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Tunstall Unveils the First Tablet-Based Supported Living Applications Suite

Tunstall Healthcare, the leading provider of telehealth and telecare solutions, will be unveiling its myworld mobile social inclusion platform for supported living schemes, at this year's Housing LIN Extra Care Housing Annual Conference.

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Agfa HealthCare's IMPAX Agility goes Live Around the Globe

Agfa HealthCare announces that its IMPAX Agility solution, a next generation medical imaging platform that truly combines workflow, image management, reporting, and clinical applications into one seamless solution, has now been successfully launched in multiple countries around the globe. In over 125 hospitals, it is being installed or has gone live.

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New Connected Car Standards put Europe into Top Gear

Imagine that you are driving along, and a message is projected on your windscreen, warning you of an accident that has just happened around the next corner. This could soon be a reality thanks to new European standards. Connected cars, able to communicate with each other and with road infrastructures, are expected to appear on European roads in 2015.

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Call for Papers: International Digital Health and Care Congress

10 - 12 September 2014, London, UK.
The purpose of the International Digital Health and Care Congress is to bring together researchers, policy makers, practitioners and innovators interested in the design and application of technologies to share experiences and to showcase new ideas, new research and new innovations in digital health, mobile health, telehealth and telecare that will support improvements in the care of people with long-term conditions and other health and social care needs.

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The €63 Billion App Boom

The EU's app sector has gone from zero to digital superhero in less than five years. By 2018 it could employ 4.8 million people and contribute €63 billion to the EU economy according to a report presented in Brussels. The study, carried out by GIGAOM and NUI Galway for the European Commission, shows that Europe's app developers are up to the challenge of taking the global lead. Currently, EU and North American developers generate the same levels (42% each) of app revenues in crucial EU and US markets.

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Technology Transforming Referral Management at Lincolnshire Community

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) has deployed technology that allows healthcare professionals to proactively manage patient referrals and deliver care more efficiently out in the community. The deployment of Cayder's Patient Flow Management System supports a county-wide acute admissions reductions programme, which includes a focus on pro-active care, case management and early intervention to avert crisis and keep patients in the most appropriate care setting. The programme also responds in part to the significant growth in the number of people over the age of 85 in Lincolnshire.

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Keynote Speakers Confirmed for ECHAlliance @ Mobile World Congress 2014

24 - 26 February 2014, Barcelona, Spain.
The European Connected Health Alliance (ECHAlliance) has announced the programme and the keynote speakers already confirmed for the ECHAlliance @ Mobile World Congress 2014 event. Young Sohn, President and Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) Samsung Electronics, is responsible for driving strategy and innovation globally. Young Sohn will share Samsung's vision on the place of mobile devices in healthcare over the next years.

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Safer Hospitals, Safer Wards Technology Fund to Improve Efficiency and Save Money

Following a successful pilot programme to automate their paper-based pre-operative assessment process within the orthopaedic outpatient clinic, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) has signed a five year contract with Caradigm to deploy its solutions trust-wide. The pilot used the Caradigm Intelligence Platform and self-service kiosks to collect pre-op assessment data from clinicians and patients.

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