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22 January 2008

EC acts to ease computer-assisted translation

The European Commission has translated a collection of around one million sentences into 22 of the 23 official languages of
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21 January 2008

WHO launches online patient safety survey

The World Health Organisation (WHO) is launching an online survey for its Collaborating Centre for Patient Safety to determine the
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17 January 2008

Austrian hospitals get fingerprint biometrics

Austria’s biggest private hospital chain, the ‘Barmherzige Brüder’, is to begin using biometric fingerprinting to control access to IT systems.
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16 January 2008

German doctors say no to centrally stored patient records

Recent reports about incidents of data loss in the British healthcare system have alarmed medical doctors in other European countries.
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14 January 2008

Turkish doctors pilot new decision support system

European and Turkish doctors and technicians have developed a medical support system, Saphire, which can track patients’ real-time vital signs,
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10 January 2008

Video assistance devices launched for elderly

A new mobile video assistance technology programme funded by the European Commission’s eTEN programme and designed to aid elderly people
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9 January 2008

Commission plans to accelerate e-health market

The European Commission has published a new strategy aimed at accelerating the growth of the e-health market in Europe.
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8 January 2008

T-Systems boss says e-health based on integration

Achieveing connected, interopreable e-health systems in Europe, particularly in hospitals, will increasingly be based on the ability to successfully integrate
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8 January 2008

“Hospital information systems are not indispensable”

Hubert Haag says that with 12,000 European healthcare customers T-Systems is a vital player in European e-health, Philipp Grätzel reports.
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3 January 2008

Bosch buys Health Hero Network

German industrial giant, the Bosch Group, has acquired US telehealth specialist and innovator Health Hero Network Inc., which focuses on
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