Alliance for MRI Welcomes Postponement and Amendment of the EU Directive
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The Alliance for MRI welcomes the European Commission's announcement that it will postpone and amend legislation which would pose a serious threat to the use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in patient welfare and scientific research. The EU Physical Agents Directive 2004/40/EC (EMF) is to be delayed by four years until 30th April 2012 to allow time for a substantive amendment to be adopted.
European Commission Adopts New Health Strategy
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CATRENE Programme to Succeed MEDEA+ as European Nanoelectronics R&D Champion
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Maccabi Healthcare Services Wins Microsoft Customer Award
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Leading Israeli HMO Maccabi Healthcare Services has won a Microsoft Customer Award for its successful development and deployment of a customer relationship management (CRM) system based on Microsoft's Dynamics CRM platform. The first of its kind in Israel, the system integrates all member requests to any Maccabi branch or its national call center from its member-patients throughout Israel all through a single, unified, simple-to-operate computer system.
eHealth Trends Across Europe 2005-2007
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Pre-liminary report of the "WHO/European eHealth Consumer Trends Survey"The report presents the results from the 2007 eHealth Trends survey. The number of Internet health users increased from 44% in 2005 to 54% in 2007. The growth in the use of Internet for health purposes is found in all seven countries participating in the survey.
BCS calls for submissions for HC 2008: Invitation to the Future
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IT professionals working in the health and social care field are being called upon to submit papers and participate in the British Computer Society's (BCS) Healthcare Computing Conference 2008: Invitation to the Future. The three day conference will take place at the Harrogate Conference Centre 21-23 April 2008. The call is for papers, posters, tutorials, panel sessions, and association and group sessions.
Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology at WHIT 2007
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Mark Leavitt, M.D., Ph.D., chair of the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology, provided an overview of U.S. activity in accelerating health IT adoption through certification today at The World of Health IT (WHIT) Conference and Exhibition. Co-presenter of this session was Dr. Georges De Moor, M.D., Ph.D., head of the Department of Medical Informatics and Statistics at the University of Ghent and Belgium President of the European Institute for Health Records (EuroRec).
European Expert Platform to Address Measurement of Human Emotions
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Stakeholders Gather for Second Edition of The World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition
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Some 2000 members of the healthcare delivery community from 64 countries gathered in Vienna 22-25 October 2007 for the second edition of The World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition. The main organisers of this event include the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), the European Commission (EC) and the World Health Organization (WHO).
HIMSS EMEA Celebrates One-Year of Dedication to Providing Global Leadership and Regional Services
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At this year's World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition (WoHIT) held in Vienna, Austria, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) of Europe, the Middle East and Africa will celebrate the one-year anniversary of its EMEA office in Brussels.