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9 July 2008

Europe aims for interoperable EHRs by 2015

The European Commission has published new draft of interoperability guidelines setting out a roadmap to achieve interoperable electronic health records
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3 July 2008

AOK Plus to use ICW telemedicine system

German health insurers AOK Plus has commissioned InterComponentWare to implement a telemedicine system to care for patients with serious chronic
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26 June 2008

QRisk2 helps to predict risk of heart attacks

Researchers have used anonymised GP records to develop a new method for assessing whether people are at risk from cardiovascular
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24 June 2008

Biotronik launches cardiac telecare system

Biotronik Lumax 540 German telemedicine device specialist, Biotronik, has launched a new home monitoring device offering remote, wireless advanced patient
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20 May 2008

Google Health launched

Internet search giant Google yesterday unveiled Google Health, its online personal health record service.
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23 April 2008

Mobile monitoring for Barmer customers

Barmer Ersatzkasse, Germany’s biggest health insurance company, has begun to offer its 7m customers mobile phone based fitness monitoring. The
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9 April 2008

Berlin University opens telemedicine centre

The Charité University Hospital, part of Berlin University, has opened a centre for cardiovascular telemedicine.
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2 April 2008

Medtronic to surf Europe’s ‘wave of telemedicine’

The US-medical device manufacturer Medtronic is planning to extend its presence as a telemedicine provider in Europe the company announced
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2 April 2008

EU project to pilot smart fabrics for health

A cluster of EU research projects, collectively known as the SFIT Group are piloting garments which can measure a wearer’s
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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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