Europe’s e-health opportunity
In a video address, Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Information and Society, sets out the challenge and opportunities of e-health.
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Europe to double e-health research
Viviane Reding today announced that the European Commission will double funding for e-health research over the next two years. The European Commissioner for Information Society and Media said that over the next two years the Commission will invest €163m in e-health research. The funding will be channelled through its framework seven funding call. Speaking by […]
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Hospital uses Twitter for live surgery updates
Micro-blogging service Twitter has been used by US surgeons to provide real-time updates on a live robot-assisted surgical procedure.
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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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Vodafone and Spanish Red Cross partner on 3G care
The Vodafone Espana Foundation, the Spanish Red Cross and Qualcomm, have joined together to launch a project using 3G broadband technology to trial new ways of connecting elderly people in Spain to their family and friends. Called ‘3G Connecting Generations’ the project will use 3G mobile broadband technology to deliver services through voice and videoconferencing […]
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Italian WiMAX ambulance project launched
A new ambulance communications system is using high speed, long distance WiMAX wireless connections to enable doctors to diagnose and begin treating critically ill patients before they reach hospital.
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Ambient assisted living set for growth
The German association of the electronics industry, VDE, has called for politicians and insurance companies to increase their engagement in IT projects on ambient assisted living (AAL). VDE says there is massive potential for growth in the AAL market, if the right financial incentives are put in place and regulatory and political measures taken to […]
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Intel gets approval for telecare device
Intel has received market clearance from the Food and Drug Administration for a new personal telehealth system.
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Asklepios rolls out video conferencing to all doctors
Asklepios is to install web-based videoconferencing equipment on the 13,000 PCs of all its medical doctors.
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