Office of Chief Information Officer from Ireland Launches eHealth Website
The HSE (Health Service Executive) launched its eHealth Ireland website. This site has been developed by the Office of the Chief Information Officer within the HSE. The information provided within the content of the site marks a milestone for the creation of the eHealth Ireland capacity. The team have set specific targets and goals for delivery of eHealth and this site will be transparent about these targets and achievements.
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New, Robust and Inexpensive Technique for Protein Analysis in Tissues
A new technique to study proteins, which does not require advanced equipment, specialized labs or expensive reagents, has been developed at Uppsala University, Sweden. The technique could be further developed to be used in point of care devices, for instance for diagnostic purposes. The possibility to identify and localize proteins in tissues is essential for understanding disease mechanisms and for diagnostics.
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Robot Walker for Elderly People in Public Spaces
Elderly people with walking difficulties are often intimidated by busy public places. This led an EU research project to develop a robot walker to guide them around shopping centres, museums and other public buildings, thus enhancing their autonomy. Shopping centres, airports, museums and hospitals are the kind of complex and confusing environments where elderly people on the verge of cognitive decline could have difficulties walking around without help.
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GECAMed, First Luxembourgish Software to Obtain IHE Conformity
GECAMed, the medical office management software, developed by the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) and widely used by Luxembourgish healthcare professionals, has successfully passed IHE profile conformance testing.
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MyAirCoach: Involving Patients to Develop a Mobile System to Self-manage Asthma
Despite the wide availability of asthma therapies, many people with asthma still experience lots of symptoms impacting significantly on their quality of life. In line with this year's World Asthma Day theme "You can control your asthma", myAirCoach, a leading pan-European project is recruiting patients to develop a monitoring device which
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iManageCancer Survey: Your Opinion Counts
Would you like to contribute to the future of cancer treatment in technology? iManageCancer project is trying to find out how mobile healthcare (mHealth) and serious games might help people with chronic illnesses and in particular cancer. Significant improvements due to cancer research have led to more cancer patients being cured, and very many more enabled to live with their condition.
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How to Move Telemedicine from Pilot to Scale
What is needed to deploy telemedicine? The right context, involvement of the key people, good planning and sound "running" of the process. The Momentum Blueprint, published today in its final version, offers critical success factors and performance indicators that help decision makers to scale up healthcare services from a distance through information technology.
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GECAMed, the medical office management software, developed by the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) and widely used by Luxembourgish healthcare professionals, has successfully passed IHE profile conformance testing.