Research and Development

Four New Hospitals from the Netherlands, France and Turkey Win Awards

Tuesday, 14 May 2013
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HIMSS Analytics Europe, subsidiary of HIMSS Europe, awarded yesterday four new hospitals in Europe with Stage 6 Award during the forth edition of eHealth Week, that is taking place in Dublin from the 13th to 15th of May. Read more...

New Cities Foundation Study in Rio Reveals Huge Potential for E-Health in Underserved Urban Areas

Thursday, 09 May 2013
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The New Cities Foundation announced the findings of a pioneering Urban E-Health Project revealing the potential economic, clinical and social benefits of e-health technology in the world's poorest urban areas. The World Health Organization defines e-health as 'the transfer of health resources and health care by electronic means.' The capacity of e-health technology to monitor patients remotely has previously been tested in low-resource, rural settings. Read more...

Portable device provides rapid, accurate diagnosis of tuberculosis, other bacterial infections

Monday, 06 May 2013
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A handheld diagnostic device that Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators first developed to diagnose cancer has been adapted to rapidly diagnose tuberculosis (TB) and other important infectious bacteria. Two papers appearing in the journals Nature Communications and Nature Nanotechnology describe portable devices that combine microfluidic technology with nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to not only diagnose these important infections but also determine the presence of antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains. Read more...

€150 Million for Brain Research Launches EU 'Month of the Brain'

Friday, 03 May 2013
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At the start of its 'European Month of the Brain' initiative, the European Commission has earmarked some €150 million of funding for 20 new international brain research projects. It will bring the total EU investment in brain research since 2007 to over €1.9 billion. Read more...

MyHealthAvatar to Reshape the Future of Healthcare

Tuesday, 30 April 2013
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Research to set up an online system enabling doctors to access patient's health records from all across the European Union, has been launched. The University of Bedfordshire is leading the European Commission project, MyHealthAvatar, which is designed to give people more knowledge and control of their health via their computers and mobile phones. Read more...

HIMSS Europe Signs a Collaboration Contract with AVISA

Tuesday, 30 April 2013
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HIMSS Europe and AVISA (the Valencia Association of Health Informatics) have signed a collaboration agreement with which HIMSS reaffirms its strong commitment to Spain, being the leading country in Europe in terms of its adoption and use of electronic medical records. Read more...

New Imaging Technology Could Reveal Cellular Secrets

Monday, 29 April 2013
Category: Research and Development
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Researchers have married two biological imaging technologies, creating a new way to learn how good cells go bad. "Let's say you have a large population of cells," said Corey Neu, an assistant professor in Purdue University's Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering. "Just one of them might metastasize or proliferate, forming a cancerous tumor. We need to understand what it is that gives rise to that one bad cell." Read more...

Frog-Like Robot will Help Surgeons

Wednesday, 24 April 2013
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Researchers at the University of Leeds are using the feet of tree frogs as a model for a tiny robot designed to crawl inside patients' bodies during keyhole surgery. The tiny device is one of a growing stable of bio-inspired robots being built in the University's School of Mechanical Engineering and featured on the BBC's The One Show. Read more...

Can Computer-Based Decision Support Control Health Care Costs?

Tuesday, 16 April 2013
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William M. Tierney, M.D. focuses on the potential of electronic medical systems and computer-based decision support to control healthcare costs in "Controlling costs with computer-based decision support: a hammer, a scalpel or an illusion?" published online in JAMA Internal Medicine on April 15. Read more...

Researchers Develop Tool to Assist Areas of Infectious Disease Outbreaks

Thursday, 11 April 2013
Category: Research and Development
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Researchers have developed a simple new tool to help governments worldwide decide whether to screen airplane passengers leaving or arriving from areas of infectious disease outbreaks. The tool was developed by examining all international airplane traffic in the initial stages of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic. Read more...