Better Use of Health Data Will Transform the Healthcare Landscape
A high-level group of experts today warned that Europeans will only be able to benefit from the affordable, less intrusive and more personalised healthcare which Information & Communication Technologies (ICT) can bring if agreement is reached on how to use health data.
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Denmark, England and Scotland Are at the Frontiers of Telehealth
Denmark, England and Scotland have been pioneers in the use of electronic communication in and across the health and social care sectors. The three pioneers have been able to integrate telehealth into standard patient treatments, according to a new study from the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (IPTS).
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New Technique May Help Severely Damaged Nerves Regrow and Restore Function
Engineers at the University of Sheffield have developed a method of assisting nerves damaged by traumatic accidents to repair naturally, which could improve the chances of restoring sensation and movement in injured limbs. In a collaborative study with Laser Zentrum Hannover (Germany) published in the journal Biofabrication, the team describes a new method for making medical devices called nerve guidance conduits or NGCs.
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New Technique Could Improve Heart Attack Prediction
An award-winning research project, funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF), has tested a new imaging method which could help improve how doctors predict a patient's risk of having a heart attack. Scientists from the University of Edinburgh, a BHF Centre of Research Excellence, in collaboration with the University of Cambridge are the first to demonstrate the potential of combining PET and CT scanning to image the disease processes directly in the coronary arteries that cause heart attacks.
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Start of epSOS Pilot Operation
Over more than three years, the members of the epSOS project, cofunded by the European Commission, have invested hours of hard work as well as enthusiasm into the development of feasible cross-border eHealth services, addressing technical, semantic and legal interoperability challenges.
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New Zealand Approach to Health IT Provides Model for European Efforts to Improve Healthcare Delivery
A new White Paper launching next week suggests that New Zealand can provide a model for health policy makers and IT professionals seeking to reduce costs and increase the quality of healthcare in Europe.
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European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing
A new website, the "Marketplace for Innovative ideas" has been launched as part of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing. The Marketplace is an interactive website designed to help those that are interested and involved in the Partnership to work together and develop their innovative ideas.
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