Personal Health Record LifeSensor and Health Portal Onmeda to cooperate
InterComponentWare (ICW), a leading international eHealth specialist, and Onmeda, one of Germany's leading health portals and provider of top-quality medical content, have arranged a cooperation concerning content and distribution: Users of the LifeSensor personal health record will get access to plain but substantiated medical information in the future.
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Siemens supports the founding of the first "European Institute of Molecular Imaging"
Siemens Medical Solutions (Med) wants to accelerate leading-edge research in Germany. To this end, the company became heavily involved in the foundation of the first "European Institute of Molecular Imaging - EIMI" at the Westphalian Wilhelms University Muenster, Germany.
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eHIT leverages mobile technologies to enhance remote self-care services
eHIT Health Gateway platform offers a mobile solution to collect measurements directly from the measuring devices and seamlessly transfer the collected data to the healthcare personnel for further analysis. According to the type of monitoring instrument used, measured data are easily transferred to the patient's mobile device via Bluetooth, infrared or cable connection.
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Potocnik calls on industry to help identify market needs
European industrial leaders met members of the European Commission on 5 July to discuss the future of the European Technology Platform initiatives. Science and Research Commissioner Janez Potocnik outlined the value that the Commission places on these large-scale initiatives, but asked for leaders to search the road ahead and try to anticipate market needs.
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Agfa HealthCare selected by Helse Vest to integrate RIS/PACS solutions in Vestlandet region, Norway
The Helse Vest â Western Norway Regional Health Authority has contracted Agfa HealthCare, along with partner eCare, to integrate patient radiology information from 15 private and public hospitals in the region, which together perform some 800,000 radiology examinations per year. The order confirms Agfa HealthCare's standing as a leading integrator of imaging and information flows in healthcare.
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ICW Speaks to Executive Board of Pennsylvania eHealth Initiative
InterComponentWare (ICW), a leading international healthcare IT solution provider, addressed the PA eHealth Initiative (PAeHI) Executive Board in an educational session to share information about its healthcare technology successes in Europe. Peter Reuschel, CEO of ICW, travelled from Walldorf, Germany, to present strategies and real-life examples of implemented eHealth projects that utilize eHealth Cards (smart card technology), Personal Health Records (PHR), and full interoperability solutions.
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Monitoring the rise of e-business in Europe
This is the fourth annual edition of e-Business W@tch which, since 2001, has been monitoring the adoption, development and impact of electronic business practice in different sectors in the European economy. This edition charts the dynamic rise of e-business practices in most sectors of the European economy but throws up some warnings about disparities in ICT take up and usage between EU countries.
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