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eHealth Newsletter - 09/11/2011

9 November 2011
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PRESS RELEASE
European Innovation Partnership agrees on actions to turn ageing into an opportunity

(7 November 2011) The Steering Group of the pilot European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing has agreed on joint actions in response to the societal challenge of an ageing European population. The Group is made up of people from the health and social sectors, businesses, civil society to public authorities. In today's Strategic Implementation Plan, the Group sets out priority actions to meet the challenge of ageing through innovation. The overarching objective is to ensure that the average European citizen has two more active and healthy years to live by 2020. The implementation plan is the first step towards that objective, and focuses on three main areas of life events: prevention, care and cure, and independent living.

NEWS ARTICLE
Research project to predict and prevent falls in the ageing society launched

(9 November 2011) The EU-funded research project iStoppFalls (ICT based System to Predict and Prevent Falls) started on 1 October 2011. The aim of iStoppFalls consists of developing ICT-based technologies which can be easily integrated in the daily life practices of older people who live alone and which allow for continuous training, reliable fall risk assessment, and appropriate feed-back, based on discreet measuring technologies and adaptive assistance functions. The research project will be funded by the European Commission under the 7th Framework Programme (FP7) and the Australian Government with more than €3 million altogether.

See also: More EU-funded research projects in the area of ICT for Ageing Well

NEWS ARTICLE
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf first in Europe to achieve top-rating for paperless, digital workflows

(26 October 2011) University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) in Germany has achieved Stage 7 of the Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM). It is the first hospital in Europe to achieve the top rating on HIMSS Analytics' EMRAM scale, which evaluates the digititalisation level of a hospital; stage 7 is awarded for achieving a paperless medical record environment.

See also: ICT for Health

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
ICT Research and Innovation Challenges in Eastern European Member States

11 November 2011 Budapest, Hungary

Eastern EU Member States have very low ICT business expenditures in ICT R&D in relation to their GDP. They also show a very low rate of ICT public expenditures in R&D in relation to their GDP. Although several of them have recorded spectacular increases in ICT manufacturing employment, deeper analysis tends to indicate that these countries are still hosting rather low value added activities. The mission of this conference is to confront such facts and views to the testimony of the stakeholders from academia, industry and policy so as to validate the observations, interpret their possible meaning and opt for actions that might favorably influence the future. Registration is still open.

PRESS RELEASE
EU and Brazil strengthen ties with €10 million joint ICT field research programme

(8 November 2011) The European Commission and the Brazilian Government have agreed, at their annual Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) dialogue in Brasilia, to launch a new coordinated call for research and development proposals with €10 million available in funding.

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
EU research and innovation: What role for regions and cities after 2013?

13 December 2011 Committee of the Regions, Brussels, Belgium

Together with the relevant Directorates-General of the European Commission, the Committee of the Regions invites local, regional and national administrations, institutions, universities and development agencies to discuss the consequences these proposals will have for facilitating better coordination of research and innovation support at local level post-2013. The Forum will also present good practice of regional innovation programmes and projects operating under the current funding structures, showcasing how to match EU priorities and programmes with specific territorial challenges.

See also: Digital Agenda for Europe

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
Call for papers for Augmented Human International Conference (AH 2012)

8 March 2012 - 9 March 2012 Megève, France

The third Augmented Human (AH) International Conference focuses on scientific contributions towards augmenting humans capabilities through technology for increased well-being and enjoyable human experience. The papers and contributions from the art researchers and practitioners are especially welcomed. Paper submission deadline - 13/01/2012.

See also: eHealth at the EC

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
1st DECODER Workshop on brain computer interfaces for the detection of consciousness in non-responsive patients

11 April 2012 - 12 April 2012 Boulogne-Billancourt, France

DECODER is a FP7 project that deploys Brain-Computer-Interfaces (BCI) for the detection of consciousness in non-responsive patients. The DECODER team develops an assessment battery that supports an exact diagnosis of the state of consciousness by a variety of auditory, visual, tactile and mental stimulation paradigms. The response of the patient to these stimulation methods is evaluated using modern imaging technologies. With the developed hard- and software, the risk of misdiagnosis in non-responsive patients (currently estimated up to 40 %) shall be significantly lowered. In addition, a simple communication device which can be used by patients even in a minimal conscious state is developed. DECODER started in February 2010. At the workshop, the DECODER team is happy to present the first promising results to scientific and non-scientific audience. Registration for the workshop starts in January 2012.

See also: Decoder project

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
10th International Conference on Smart Homes and Health Telematics

12 June 2012 - 15 June 2012 Artimino, Italy

ICOST 2012 invites participants to present and discuss their experiences in the design, development, deployment and evaluation in the areas of smart homes, health telematics and assistive technologies. ICOST 2012 will provide a dynamic program which will incorporate a range of speakers from technical, clinical and industrial fields.

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