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Scientists and surgeons from France, Germany, United Kingdom and Switzerland have developed a "virtual liver", using EU research funding, which will help surgeons better plan and carry out tumour operations and ensure quicker patient...
Brussels, 28 November 2011 – EU-funded researchers from Germany, Italy, Israel and the UK have achieved a breakthrough development in robotic neurosurgery. The ROBOCAST project, has developed a new type of robot that gives two important...
With the endorsement of the ICT for Health Unit at the European Commission, TICBioMed is organising a competition for rewarding the best eHealth solution of 2012 produced by an European SME.
The objective of the competition is to support business...
The European Commission has proposed to spend almost 9.2 billion euro from 2014 to 2020 on pan-European projects to give EU citizens and businesses access to high-speed broadband networks and the services that run on them. The funding, part of the...
The workshop on E-Health and Equity in the Global Health Communities is an initiative of the eHealth Unit, DG INFSO, European Commission and will take place in Brussels, on December 15, at European Commission premises.
The potential of e-health to...
The Telehealth Campaign is a series of initiatives whose objectives are to increase the collaboration and awareness about telehealth in support of integrated care in Europe amongst all the relevant stakeholders.
The current promoters,...
More than 90 percent of European hospitals are connected to broadband, 80 percent have electronic patient record systems, but only 4 percent of hospitals grant patients online access to their electronic records, according to the results of a survey...
Six research projects selected to compete for two top spots in the area of research into future and emerging technologies (FET) have been announced by the European Commission at the FET11 conference and exhibition in Budapest. The six...
The European Parliament has paved the way for ‘landmark’ new EU-wide legislation allowing peopleto receive medical treatment in other member states.
Rules adopted on Wednesday 19th January 2011 will enable people to have the treatment...
CALLIOPE, a European thematic network for the deployment of interoperable eHealth solutions, which is supported by the European Commission’s ICT for Health Unit, is to hold its project closing event on November 16, 2010. The event, which will...
Phase 1 of the extension of the 'Ris/Pacs'- an information system allowing the exchange of radiology information and images between different hospital units, as well as their digital archiving - has already been in operation at the...
