Versailles Hospital deploys wireless LAN
Mignot Hospital, France, an 800-bed hospital that is part of Versailles hospital system, has announced the deployment of a wireless local area network.
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Philips and King’s College to collaborate
Philips and King’s College London have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on research into heart disease over the next five years.
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European prize awarded for 3D patient modeling
A scientific pioneer in computational medical image analysis was this week awarded one of the largest international prizes in science, the Royal Society and Académie des Sciences Microsoft Award.
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Royal Brompton and Harefield implements WLAN
Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, London, has implemented a wireless local area network (WLAN) supplied by French telecoms giant Alcatel-Lucent.
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European Commission consults on Web 3.0
The European Commission has launched a consultation on how to make sure Europe leads on the next generation of the internet. In its new consultation document the Commission outlined the main steps required to respond to the next wave of the information revolution, resulting from trends such as social networking, the decisive shift to online […]
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Telemedicine supports patients on warfarin
A clinical study has shown that telemedicine can be used to effectively support patients in the self-management of oral anticoagulation therapy. The study of 1,300 patients showed that one year of telemonitoring led to good results and increased patient self-confidence. Patients on oral anticoagulation therapy with warfarin need to regularly check their INR levels to […]
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ICW selected for US telehealth programme
German e-health specialist InterComponentWare (ICW) has been selected by US health network Coventry Health Care to provide the infrastructure for a home monitoring programme. ICW will provide the interoperability platform and infrastructure technology for Coventry Health’s telemonitoring pilot program. The German company is already involved in two large-scale European telehealth projects, including AOK Plus, a […]
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Philips to lead ‘euHeart’ project
Royal Philips Electronics is to lead a pan-European project to develop advanced computer modelling to enable highly personalised diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease.
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IMEC boosts wireless ECG patch
Flexible core of IMEC’s smart ECG patch. A new wireless patient monitoring ECG patch has been developed for cardiac monitoring by IMEC Belgium, an independent research center in nanoelectronics and nanotechnology. The innovative flexible ECG patch is intended to monitor single-lead ECG in individual’s daily-life conditions, providing new opportunities for cardiovascular disease management. The patch can […]
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Alcatel-Lucent launches LifeStat
French telecomms giant Alcatel-Lucent has announced the launch outside Canada of LifeStat Remote Monitoring and Health Management, a telemedicine service developed with its Canadian partner SaskTel. The technology will be used to manage patients with chronic conditions in primary care such as diabetes. Future LifeStat applications will include monitoring and reporting for chronic illnesses such […]
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