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Europe launches CommonWell project

A new telecare project will use technology to improve the quality of life for older people in four European countries,
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Google joins Continua e-health alliance

Google has joined Continua Health Alliance, the Intel-led international coalition working to develop standards to enable interoperable e-health products and
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Canada’s Infoway says 254 EHR projects underway

Canada’s electronic health record projects have quadrupled since 2004, according to the head of the Canadian health IT agency. Investment
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London pharmacies use SMS for stop smoking drive

Pharmacies in London are to use text messaging to launch a smoking cessation campaign and offer customers support to kick
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Bainbridge warns of need for telecare

Health and social care services have five years to develop the telehealth and telecare services they will need to cope
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EC publishes Potorož Declaration

The European Commission has published the Potorož Declaration, a list of objectives to achieve before the next EC e-health conference.
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Web 2.0 revolution underway in healthcare

Internet developments that brought us sites such as Facebook, YouTube and Wikipedia are now set to revolutionise healthcare.
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Continua promises products by year end

Continua Health Alliance says the first interoperable personal telehealth products, able to work with each other out ‘of the box’,
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NI to issue large-scale telehealth tender

Northern Ireland’s Department of Health and Social Services is getting set to issue a tender for the supply of telehealth
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New approach called for on Telemedicine

Experts gathered in Luxembourg to debate the future of telemedicine yesterday were told that new financial and business models are
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