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Kliniken des Landkreises Göppingen Replaces its HIS/CIS with Agfa HealthCare's ORBIS Solution

Agfa HealthCare announced that its ORBIS HIS/CIS (Hospital Information System/Clinical Information System) will replace the existing, 25-year old HIS/CIS at Kliniken des Landkreises Göppingen GmbH in Germany.

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Extended Deadline for Med-e-Tel 2012

18 - 20 April 2012, Luxembourg.
Healthcare providers, medical practitioners, nursing professionals, government officials, researchers and educators are invited to submit presentation proposals for the Med-e-Tel 2012 conference program.

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Driving Forward the Uptake of e-Health with a New Network for European Co-operation

The European Commission adopted a Decision establishing an eHealth Network, as foreseen by the Directive (2011/24/EU) on Patients' Rights in Cross-border Healthcare. For the first time, EU legislation includes provisions on eHealth with clear objectives to find modern, innovative solutions for providing better and safer healthcare for all Europeans.

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Philips and VU University Medical Center Amsterdam Sign Agreement for PET/MR Scanner

Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) and the VU University Medical Center Amsterdam (the Netherlands) have signed an agreement to install one of Philips' highly innovative Ingenuity TF PET/MR (Time-of-Flight Positron Emission Tomography/Magnetic Resonance) scanners at the center.

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Safety and Security on the Internet: Challenges and Advances in Member States

Global Observatory for eHealth series - Volume 4.
The Internet has moved beyond an educational and research tool that served as a social network for a few elite scientists and has been transformed into a commerce and health care juggernaut accessible to much of the planet. However, the accessibility of this resource has not been unencumbered by complication and challenge. Internet pharmacies demonstrated potential early on as a hub within a wider set of eHealth services, but has since been mired in doubts regarding transparency, fraud, product quality, and even its viability as an ethical business model.

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Robotic Therapy May Provide Lasting Gains for Immobilized Stroke Survivors

Severely impaired stroke survivors could walk better when a robotic assist system was added to conventional rehabilitation, according to a study in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.

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ITK 2.0.0 Compliance for InterSystems Ensemble Makes it Easier and Cheaper for NHS Trusts to Exchange Information

InterSystems announced that the National Integration Centre and Assurance (NICA) Technology Office has awarded InterSystems Ensemble® full release 2.0.0 compliance on all its existing Interoperability Toolkit (ITK) specification service bundles, as well as a range of additional correspondence service bundles.

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GE Healthcare Invites People to Join its Efforts in Making an Impact on Neurodegenerative Diseases

GE Healthcare's MIND campaign is going online to give those affected by neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia and parkinsonian syndromes a platform to share their stories.

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From Heterogeneous Patient Measurements Towards Earlier Diagnosis in Alzheimer's Disease

European PredictAD project, lead by Principal Scientist Jyrki Lötjönen from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, has developed a decision support tool for objective diagnostics of Alzheimer's disease.

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Nomination Process Opens for the HIMSS Europe Award for eHealth Leadership 2012

HIMSS Europe Opens Nomination Process for the 2012 HIMSS Europe Award for eHealth Leadership HIMSS Europe has launched the nomination process for the HIMSS Europe Award for eHealth Leadership, which recognises an individual who, in the judgment of the HIMSS Europe Governing Council, has demonstrated significant leadership in promoting the use of information technology in healthcare in Europe.

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