Intel and GE develop Health House
Researchers from Intel and GE Healthcare are working to develop a ‘Health House’ that will track a person’s everyday habits, check vital signs and predict whether they are at risk of a fall. The system will use sensors to track a person’s behaviour and send alerts when unexpected reactions or data are picked up. The […]
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Intel opens Visual Computing Research Centre
Intel Corporation is to invest €8.6m ($12m) in a new Visual Computing research centre that will explore advanced graphics and visual computing technologies. Opened this week, the Visual Computing Institute is located at Saarland University in Saarbrücken, Germany. Applications to be developed include medical imaging, games and interactive 3-D data models used in areas such […]
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GE and Intel commit €184m to telecare research
General Electric and Intel have joined forces to develop hi-tech health care products that will allow patients to be treated at home. The companies will invest €184m ($250m) in the project over the next five years to market and develop home-based health technologies that will help older people live independently and patients with chronic conditions […]
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Scotland invests in telehealthcare
Scotland has launched its biggest telehealthcare project alongside 16 other e-health initiatives that will be backed by £1.6m of investment. NHS Lothian and the Scottish Government are to jointly fund a £700,000 large scale telehealth trial that will cover 400 patients with long term conditions, using Intel’s Health Guide. In addition, the government and Atos […]
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Fujitsu Siemens launches health tablet PC
Fujitsu Siemens computers has launched the ESPRIMO MA, a mobile tablet PC for the health sector.
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Siemens partners with Asklepios chain
Siemens is to make its hospital information system i.s.h.med part of the Asklepios Future Hospital Programme.
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Intel personal health management system
A home medical device, designed to be part of a remote personal home care management system has been launched by Intel.
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Panasonic Toughbook MCA launched
A new mobile clinical assistant, billed as “designed for nurses by nurses” will be officially launched today at the World of Health IT conference in Copenhagen. The device which marks the latest development on the fast evolving mobile clinical assistant, rugged tablet PC market for healthcare, has been developed with extensive input and feedback from […]
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NHS not making enough use of technology
The NHS is failing to make use of everyday technology such as e-mail to deliver reponsive and convenient patient services.
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Platform for wearable health devices launched
Irish developer Realtime Technologies has launched a new hardware research platform called Shimmer, designed for wearable health sensing in both connected and wireless environments. Shimmer stands for Sensing Health with Intelligence, Modularity, Mobility, and Experimental Reusability, and uses Intel technology to help find new ways to monitor vital signs from devices worn by patients. Using […]
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