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Webinar: Introducing an eHealth study on enabling technology for a healthier Europe The eHealth landscape offers both opportunities and barriers to policy makers in the EU 27 member states which are not just about technical issues of... Read more >>
High level Transatlantic debate: How technology enables innovation, growth and the transformation of healthcare High level Transatlantic debate: How technology enables innovation, growth and the transformation of healthcare Microsoft, in partnership with European Voice and its sister publications in Washington DC, Roll Call and Congressional Quarterly, is hosting a... Read more >>
Planning Europe’s Healthcare Revolution: The role of eHealth Planning Europe’s Healthcare Revolution: The role of eHealth Views and commentaries from Europe’s ICT & eHealth thought leaders. Filmed during the Friends of Europe Summit in Brussels - December 2009. Read more >>
Microsoft join COCIR I wanted to share with you the fact that we joined the COCIR.  We are delighted to be joining such a distinguished, well respected and... Read more >>
eHealth systems Putting the patient at the centre eHealth systems Putting the patient at the centre Interoperability and building trust in the privacy and security of eHealth systems is the route to patient-centric healthcare Read more >>
Free multimedia for the developing world Free multimedia for the developing world What developing countries need is a stable, sustainable, robust and low-cost means of delivering services and information. Read more >>
The Trento algorithm: A research recipe from Italy The Trento algorithm: A research recipe from Italy Take an ancient town, a new university, Microsoft Research and a fresh approach to computational systems biology. Mix well. Then apply… Read more >>
The swarm is coming… Making molecular computing a reality The swarm is coming… Making molecular computing a reality Inspired by biology, Klaus-Peter Zauner is working on a radically new kind of computer. Read more >>
Understanding eHealth and its implications: start with Euractiv   Although most people will agree that eHealth is important, it remains a complex landscape which few grasp clearly.  Read more >>
Microsoft on eHealth at Global Forum '09 on Innovation Dr Octavian Purcarea’s recent presentation on Innovation and Sustainable eHealth - at the Global Forum on Innovation in Bucharest - is available to... Read more >>
Future vision of healthcare What will be the future of healthcare?  Read more >>
Latest from the Worldwide Health Team Microsoft Europe’s eHealth expert per excellence, Dr Octavian Purcarea (his real job title is Global Solution Manager, Worldwide Health Team) has... Read more >>
eHealth: why does it matter and what do we do now? eHealth: why does it matter and what do we do now? eHealth is key to better patient care. Here are the basics, as described by a series of experts. Filmed at an event hosted by Microsoft Europe -... Read more >>
Defining eHealth Defining eHealth In a recent Microsoft eHealth and Interoperability event, we asked various experts and thought leaders on the definition of eHealth. Read more >>
Global Forum 2009 in Bucharest Global Forum 2009 is now happening in Romania and Microsoft is glad to be part of the program. Four of Microsoft's officials will be... Read more >>
Asklepios - Future Hospital Asklepios - Future Hospital Asklepios Hospital: Using Microsoft and Intel technology in modern healthcare Read more >>
Wireless information system helps doctors communicate Wireless information system helps doctors communicate The Kosice Children’s teaching hospital started a six-month Mobile Point of Care trial. The result was a reduction in time spent on administration... Read more >>
Innovations in eHealth can improve medical care & increase efficiency:     Foundation Trust set to boost patient care with content management system. Innovations in eHealth can improve medical care & increase efficiency: Foundation Trust set to boost patient care with content management system. Healthcare is one of the biggest challenges facing our societies, economies and governments over the coming decades. At a personal level almost... Read more >>
Hospital district connects systems and improves communications Hospital district connects systems and improves communications Developed economies are already finding it hard to maintain standards of healthcare within existing budgets. Now payers are facing a huge dose of... Read more >>
The virtual physiological human: The search for computing’s supermodel The virtual physiological human: The search for computing’s supermodel Is this the ultimate challenge: to use computational techniques to construct a model of how the human body works? Nuala Moran takes a look. Read more >>
Modelling in four dimensions Modelling in four dimensions From conception to birth, death and beyond, the human body is all about change. Thus, a key issue in modelling any aspect of the body is to move... Read more >>
Your tissue samples are in the email Your tissue samples are in the email It's a simple idea – digitise the results of microscopy and accelerate the healthcare process. One university hospital researcher decided to turn the... Read more >>
The wearable camera that brings back the memories The wearable camera that brings back the memories Microsoft’s SenseCam helps advance the study of neuroscience by enabling memory recall and opening the pathway for the development of new... Read more >>
Microsoft sponsors prestigious award for European research Microsoft sponsors prestigious award for European research One of Europe's leading pioneers in the field of medical image analysis has been awarded the €250,000 Royal Society and Académie des sciences... Read more >>
Next generation devices: pocket supercomputers for doctors Next generation devices: pocket supercomputers for doctors Are we prepared for the next generation of embedded and mobile computing devices? Read more >>
A lifeline for systems biology A lifeline for systems biology It is a fact universally acknowledged: the pharmaceutical industry needs a new drug development paradigm. Systems biology promises the ability to... Read more >>
Genomics and proteomics: the emerging role of machine learning Genomics and proteomics: the emerging role of machine learning Computing and communication technologies have already had a massive impact on today's healthcare system. Even so, there is great potential for these... Read more >>
Systems biology under the microscope Systems biology under the microscope You can't capture the thrill and excitement of a football match by describing the individual players. Similarly, it is not possible to understand... Read more >>