TREAT-NMD (Transnational Research in Europe - Assessment and Treatment of Neuromuscular Diseases) is a European Union funded Network of Excellence launched on January 1st 2007 with the aim of improving treatment and finding cures for patients with neuromuscular diseases.
Tours company opens a medical centre within a centre of excellence
The Saint Ann Hospital, in Brno, is about to commence a joint project with the renowned Mayo Clinic, based in Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Fraud and corruption network protects 210 million citizens.
UK - Around 10 million people suffer from musculoskeletal ailments in England alone.
Rescue workers are often confronted with chaotically situations which are hard to sum up and coordinate.
The 6th Swiss eHealthcare Congress gave an overview about the latest topics concerning eHealth.
New magazine should progress IT for healthcare.
The Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU), in Toulouse, contracted Agfa HealthCare to install ORBIS, the company's clinical and administrative information system.
The foundation of the AESKU.KIPP Institute, based in Wendelsheim, Germany, presents a platform to initiate and co-ordinate international auto-immunity research projects.
Wilhelm Niedergoeker, Managing Director of the Messe Dusseldorf GmbH, previews this year's events.
Professor Werner Schlake, President of the German professional association of pathologists, described teleconsultation as the most significant application of telepathology.
Peter Bogner MD PhD describes current projects aimed at enhancing patient care in South-West Hungary.
Hospitals increasingly co-operate with other establishments, and networking is becoming a way of life. Such change is also occurring in many hospital laboratories. By co-operating with other hospital labs and laboratory institutes, hospital labs try to improve their financial situation. By Dr Burkhard Ziebolz of Roche Diagnostics GmbH
Dr Christiane Eickelberg, of the University of Giessen Lung Centre (UGLC), outlines the centre's research projects, aims and academic offerings
Scientific meetings held since 1998 at Alpbach, Germany, have attracted the sponsorship of leading associations and companies such as the Philip Morris External Research Programme, the Donors Association of German Science, Swiss National Fund, the German Heart Centre Foundation, Berlin, and Philips Medical Systems. At the 4th Alpbach Meeting, which focused on Magnetic Resonance, Contrast…
The Netherlands needs greater integrated care and fuller governmental co-operation with healthcare professionals.
Interview with Prof. Klaus Vetter MD, director of the Obestetrics Clinic at the Perinatal Centre, Vivantes Hospital Neukölln, Berlin, Germany.
We asked radiologist Cyrille H Benoit MD, Director of the Bellevue Zurich Radiology Institute, about the group's choice of radiology equipment - particularly its PACS - and the rules of reimbursement in the Swiss healthcare system.
France - Danube, one of the world's biggest manufacturers of both flatwork dryer ironers, barrier washers, and tumble dryers, as well as front-loading washer extractors for the OPL market, has distributors in over 52 countries.
This year's International Forum for Healthcare IT (ITeG 2006),held in May/June, has put this event firmly on the healthcare industry calendar.
Abbakus GmbH, a new company focused on running hospitals and "hotel" wards in line with DRG requirements, has been founded by Careoffice GmbH & Co. KG, of Germany, and the Finnish company Hospitel Ab oy.
The organisers of Medica, the world's largest medical trade fair have reported that 137,000 visitors from around 100 countries attended these events in November.
Intel and Microsoft are developing pilot networks to link hospitals and healthcare participants.
