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16 July 2008

King’s Fund to run telehealth network

The Department of Health has funded a network to help expand use of telehealth and telecare and disseminate the lessons
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18 June 2008

German medication specialists back decision support

Two leading members of the medication commission of the German National Chamber of Doctors have urged German hospitals to implement
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27 May 2008

EHTEL launch report on future of telemedicine

A new report from the European Health Telematics Association has issued a report detailing a series of recommendations for achieving
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3 April 2008

Sweden launches national e-health strategy

The Swedish government has launched a new citizen-centred national e-health strategy designed around ensuring the provision of information to where
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19 March 2008

£8m to be spent on telehealth in Scotland

The Scottish government has announced that an extra £8m is to be spent on telecare over the next two years.
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10 March 2008

Alzheimer’s diagnosis more effective with IT

Computers are able to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease faster and more accurately than clinicians, according to researchers. A study published in
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6 March 2008

Telecom firms have strong e-health presence

A report by IT and telecommunications researcher, InfoCom, has highlighted the strong presence of telecom carriers in the e-health industry.
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4 March 2008

New clinic in Ireland to study ageing process

The Technology Research for Independent Living (TRIL) centre in Dublin, has opened a new clinic, supported by Intel and the
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5 February 2008

Life in Europe to become ambient assisted

Philipp Grätzel reports from Berlin on developments in ambient assisted living, a fast-evolving field combining the IT, medicine, social care
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30 January 2008

EU Parliament amends assisted living project

Members of the European Parliament have stressed that the new Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) programme must be cost effective and
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