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Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕ 

Today's briefing includes news of a joint working project between UCB and Open Medical and the strategic partnership between Hurdle
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Could tech help the looming crisis of Loneliness and the Aging Population?

As we experience a growth in the age of our population, so too are we experiencing a growth in loneliness.
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Another view: of funding GP workload

A review of the funding formula for GPs may be on the way. Neil Paul has been pulling together data
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Europe ‘has no mobile health policy’

Jaakko Aarnio, a project officer in the European Commission’s Information Society and Media directorate, offered an eye-opening revelation about the
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EC provides €300m to ‘smarten’ systems

The European Commission has unveiled its strategy to put Europe at the forefront of the development of smart internet powered
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Over to EU

Mike Palmer talks to Lyn Whitfield about the role of ‘Europe’ in promoting e-health.
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‘Virtual tea room’ pilot announced

The TRIL Centre is to operate a social networking pilot to encourage older people who are house bound or socially
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Prepare health systems for ageing EU told

European governments “grappling with the severe economic and financial crisis” still need to prepare for the costs of an ageing
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New robot to assist elderly at home

The RobuLAB French robotics specialist Robosoft and SRI International have demonstrated a new service robot designed to assist the elderly
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GE and Intel commit €184m to telecare research

General Electric and Intel have joined forces to develop hi-tech health care products that will allow patients to be treated
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