First Databank (FDB), the UK’s leading provider of drug knowledge bases and clinical decision support, today announced the continuation of the successful partnership with Helix Health. The contract provides Helix Health with FDB’s trusted clinical databases for the next three years.

CompuGroup Medical concluded an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in Microbais Werkmaatschappij B.V.. Microbais is one of the market leaders in ambulatory and pharmacy information systems in the Netherlands. The 2011 turnover is expected to amount to 11.2 million Euro with about 70% recurring revenue and EBITDA is expected to be 2.5 million Euro.

Spanish researchers, led by Pedro Carmona from the Instituto de Estructura de la Materia in Madrid, have uncovered a new promising way to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease more accurately. Their technique, which is non-invasive, fast and low-cost, measures how much infrared radiation is either emitted or absorbed by white blood cells.

Mathematical modeling of cancer usually involves describing the evolution of tumors in terms of differential equations and stochastic or agent-based models, and testing the effectiveness of various treatments within the chosen mathematical framework.

23-24 May 2012, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
The 8th Annual World Health Care Congress Europe will convene in Amsterdam gathering health care leaders from Europe and the globe to share top insights and best practices for health care business innovation and develop actionable strategies to improve care delivery and outcomes.

7 February 2012, London, UK.
This workshop will explore advances in the integration of clinical data and MRI image analysis, classification and visualisation within the concept of the Virtual Physiological Human. These are enabling the development of a multi-scale, personalized GI tract model-based diagnostic tool deployable on a cloud computing platform

Scientists have developed a new way to create electromagnetic Terahertz (THz) waves or T-rays – the technology behind full-body security scanners. The researchers behind the study, published recently in the journal Nature Photonics, say their new stronger and more efficient continuous wave T-rays could be used to make better medical scanning gadgets and may one day lead to innovations similar to the ‘tricorder’ scanner used in Star Trek.

iPLATO Healthcare, a leader in mHealth, reported that the company had reached agreements to add 60 GP practices in two Primary Care Trusts in England to its mHealth platform. This will bring new mHealth services to another 300,000 people living in the South East of England.

SOSTERI, has deployed an Ekahau Real-time Location System (RTLS) in the Savonlinna Central Hospital to improve efficiencies and the security of staff and assets. With Ekahau RTLS, the hospital staff has complete visibility into the location and status of assets and staff members.

Leading telehealth and telecare services provider, Tunstall Healthcare, is supporting a new approach that aims to transform the lives of three million people with long-term conditions or social care needs, utilising telehealth and telecare within health and social care services.

Ian de Vega from the Medical Research Council in South Africa fought off fierce competition to take home the coveted IT @ 2012 Trophy and cash prize at the IT @ Networking Awards 2012