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SoftView Technology from Riverain Medical Extends Digital Radiography Systems from Siemens
 Siemens has enhanced its digital radiography systems with technology that produces a soft tissue image of the chest. Riverain Medical's SoftView Enhanced Chest Imaging technology automatically suppresses the ribs and clavicles to improve the visibility of soft tissue structures in the lungs, allowing the physician to interpret pulmonary nodules with greater certainty.
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Launch of the Access?City Award
The European Commission announces the launch of "Access?City Award", the first European Award for Accessible Cities. This annual award aims to highlight the European cities that are taking the most effective and innovative action to improve their accessibility for disabled citizens.
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Map of Medicine Launches Implementation Toolkit
 Map of Medicine has launched a new toolkit dedicated to helping organisations to implement the Map successfully. Based on the Map of Medicine Adoption Framework and the experience of early adopter communities, the toolkit incorporates some of the processes that facilitate a successful implementation.
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iSOFT Installs New A&E Solution at Darent Valley NHS Hospital
 iSOFT Group Limited (ASX: ISF) announced that Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust has switched to its new A&E system under plans for all clinical staff at the 460-bed Darent Valley Hospital at Dartford to order radiology and pathology tests online, and follows an upgrade of iSOFT's hospital information system (HIS) last year.
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1,200 GPs Test-Drive EMIS' New Healthcare IT System
 More than 1,200 GPs and practice managers from 704 practices flocked to a 'sell-out' series of roadshows at 10 venues from Brighton to Bolton for a 'hands-on' demonstration of EMIS Web, the next generation system from leading healthcare software provider EMIS.
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The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust Chooses RIS from Carestream Health
 The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust has signed a multi-year contract with Carestream Health to install the latest version CARESTREAM RIS across its two sites located in Chelsea, Central London and Sutton in Surrey, South London.
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Grid Computing Tackles Alzheimer's Disease
Technological advances have taken the medical world to a whole new level, as digital infrastructure and state-of-the-art software offer doctors and patients the right tools for diagnosis and treatment.
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WoHIT 2011 Conference & Exhibition Launches Call for Papers
 10-13 May 2011, Budapest, Hungary.
The 2011 World of Health IT Conference and Exhibition, will be held in Budapest, Hungary, in conjunction with the annual eHealth High Level Ministerial Conference - eHealth2011 - which is co-organised by the European Commission and the Hungarian Presidency of the EU.
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Philips and SpineMark Sign Global Partnership
 Royal Philips Electronics (AEX: PHI, NYSE: PHG) and SpineMark Corporation, a leader in developing specialized centers for spine care, announced a long-term partnership to build centers for spine care globally. The first centers for spine care resulting from this agreement will be established in the Netherlands, Spain and Turkey in the first quarter of 2011.
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WHO and IHTSDO Strive for Harmonization of Health Information
The International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO) announced a collaborative arrangement with the World Health Organization (WHO) to harmonize WHO classifications and SNOMED CT for the benefit of citizens around the world.
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CompuGroup Medical Cements Position in Swedish Primary Care
 The Region of Skåne, Sweden, announced in the autumn of 2008 a tender for a patient record system to the primary- and outpatient care institutions in the region. The tender covered the entire "Hälsoval Skåne" that today consist of about 130 healthcare centers, 140 child healthcare centers and some 130 centers working with rehabilitation.
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Philips and Dako Join Forces in Digital Pathology
Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) and Dako, a Danish company specializing in tissue-based cancer diagnostics, have signed an agreement to integrate a selection of Dako's image analysis applications into Philips' future digital pathology solutions.
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EU Earmarks ?1.2 Billion for Groundbreaking ICT Research in 2011
The European Commission published calls for proposals that will result in projects worth ?1.2 billion to be launched in 2011. These projects will help mobilise the necessary resources around key ICT research challenges and objectives.
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Workshop on the New Global Electronic Health Record Communication Standard
40 people involved in the design and implementation of interoperable electronic health records that are based on the new international EHR standard (ISO/CEN EN13606) came together in Madrid last week for a 2-day workshop.
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Europe's Biggest Ever Investment in Research and Innovation
Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn announces nearly ? 6.4 billion of European Commission investment in research and innovation. The package, the biggest ever, covers a vast range of scientific disciplines, public policy areas and commercial sectors.
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Study Validation Workshop: eHealth Strategies in European Countries
16 September 2010, Brussels, Belgium.
The workshop will summarise key outcomes and feature presentations by representatives of national eHealth programmes on lessons learned from eHealth strategic planning and implementation.
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Wales select InterSystems TrakCare as its National Laboratory System
 InterSystems announce that NHS Wales Informatics Service (NWIS) has selected InterSystems as its National Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) partner.
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MEDINFO 2010 Congress to Harness Information Technology for Improved Global Health Care
12 - 15 September 2010, Cape Town, South Africa.
Bringing together global research and findings in the fields of health and information technology, the 13th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics (MEDINFO 2010) will be held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.
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Getting Ready for the Holidays - Have You Got Your European Health Insurance Card (EHIC)?
Whether in another Member State for a business trip, short break or studying abroad, the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) can help save time, hassle and money if you fall ill or suffer an injury while abroad. To help holiday planning, here are some facts, figures and information on the European Health Insurance Card.
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iSOFT Signs New Deal with Dutch Care Group
iSOFT Group Limited (ASX;ISF) has announced a three-year contract with Dutch care group Zorggroep Noorderbreedte (ZNB) to further develop its hospital information system and electronic patient record at the Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden (MCL), a large teaching hospital in the Netherlands.
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