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4 December 2008

Patient pictures improve radiologist’s care

A patient’s picture may help improve the performance of radiologists, new Israeli research has found. The picture in question is
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3 December 2008

EU internet access reaches 60 per cent

60% of households across the EU had internet access in 2008, according to a survey. Across the 27 countries within
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3 December 2008

Wikipedia can omit key drug information

New research warns that consumers who relay on the online encyclopedia Wikipedia for drug information may be putting themselves at
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3 December 2008

Better search: a cure for cyberchondria?

Search engines may need to be redesigned to stop people turning into “cyberchondriacs”, a study by Microsoft Research has suggested.
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2 December 2008

Asian HIV/Aids Database launched

A new UN-backed website has launched providing details of HIV/AIDS prevalence in the Asia Pacific region, bringing together a host
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1 December 2008

Vienna to host IHE’s 2009 Connectathon

Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) Europe will hold its ninth annual Connectathon event in Vienna, Austria, on 20-24 April next
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28 November 2008

Hungary signs e-health deal with GE Healthcare

The Hungarian government has awarded GE Healthcare a €3.3m deal to lead a project on developing telecare services for elderly
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27 November 2008

Fujitsu Siemens launches health tablet PC

Fujitsu Siemens computers has launched the ESPRIMO MA, a mobile tablet PC for the health sector.
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26 November 2008

IB Solutions to develop database of Irish doctors

IB Solutions, an IBA Health Group company, has won a five-year contract to develop a system for the country’s 17,000
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26 November 2008

HL7 publishes four implementation guides

Health Level Seven (HL7), a developer of global healthcare standards, has announced the launch of four new implementation guides with
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