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eHealth Newsletter - 16/02/2012

16 February 2012
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EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
Reminder: CIP Workshop: Funding opportunities in ICT for Health, Ageing Well & Inclusion (webstreaming)

17 February 2012 Brussels, Belgium

In the frame of the Competitiveness & Innovation Programme ICT Policy Support Programme (CIP ICT PSP) and as a follow-up to the CIP Info Day (3 February 2012), the European Commission is organising a one-day information and networking workshop dedicated to Theme 3 of the CIP ICT PSP (ICT for Health, Ageing Well and Inclusion). The workshop provides an opportunity for prospective programme applicants to put their questions directly to the European Commission, present their ideas to stakeholders, meet potential partners and learn more about the state of the art and the broader policy context. The workshop has been designed to optimise the opportunities for participants by incorporating information sessions, parallel showcasing sessions, networking opportunities and one-to-one meetings. To respond to the high demand, a webstreaming will be available.

Contact: ehealth@ec.europa.eu
See also: Webstreaming

NEWS ARTICLE
EU funded project GRANATUM Biomedical Semantic Model

(1 February 2012) The main objective of this document is to define, design and document the GRANATUM Biomedical Semantic Model, which is one of the pillars on which the GRANATUM approach will build. The GRANATUM Biomedical Semantic Model will comprise of a set of core concepts and their relationships. It will be possible to further specialize these core concepts or introduce new concepts, thus ensuring the extensibility and adaptability of the ontology to the needs of different cases. The model will contribute to the realization of the GRANATUM vision.

See also: other eHealth projects funded by the EC

NEWS ARTICLE
Together we can – talking e-Health with Scotland's Nicola Sturgeon

(7 February 2012) Did you know that Scotland, with just 5 million people, has already deployed telecare and telehealth to more than 40.000 citizens? Early February Neelie Kroes met Nicola Sturgeon, the Scottish Deputy First Minister responsible for Health and Wellbeing. They discussed the great importance of investing in ICT solutions so people can stay active and healthy for longer, and to promote eHealth – something where Scotland is a forerunner in Europe.

Contact: ehealth@ec.europa.eu
See also: eHealth at the EC

PRESS RELEASE
112 day: 74 % of Europeans don't know what emergency number to call when travelling in the EU. New campaign

(10 February 2012) Whether for skiing holidays, family days out, business travel or visits to this summer's sporting events, including the London Olympics or Euro 2012 UEFA football in Poland and Ukraine, millions of Europeans and visitors need access to emergency services in and outside their home country. Yet only 34% of regular travellers and 26% of all Europeans know that 112 is the single emergency number they can call, both in and outside their home country when in trouble.

NEWS ARTICLE
Unleash your imagination in the European e-skills week project passion competition

(6 February 2012) Where will e-Skills take you? How do you see the Digital Revolution transforming Europe? Put your creativity to the test today and win a cash prize. And chance to launch your career. Tell us a story. Create a campaign. Demonstrate how e-Skills can help people get a job, fuel innovation or drive creativity. How? That's up to you, but we will accept any medium – from mobile devices, tablets, illustrations, digital design, story-telling, music, video, posters and social media – you can post your entry on Twitter, Tumblr, YouTube or whichever digital platform suits you best. Get going! Build a community of followers. And when you are ready, tell us about it. You could win thousands of euros in cash and more prizes sponsored by e-Skills Week 2012 partners. And all entries will be promoted by the official e-Skills Week channels. You might very well be on the first step towards launching your career. Get your thinking caps on quickly though. The deadline for entries is midnight March 4 2012.

NEWS ARTICLE
Nice University Hospital: The contribution of #Digital technology in the field of mental health

(13 February 2012) Through the CobTek team, the Memory Resource and Research Centre (CMRR), is combining fundamental and clinical research focusing on new technologies. They run two EU funded FP7 projects, one called DEM@CARE which, with international partners, is trying to develop instruments that can be used to assess the patient equally well within a care facility or at home. The second European project is called VERVE and aims to develop Serious Games to stimulate patients demonstrating behavioural issues.

Contact: project coordination
See also: DEM@CARE project

PRESS RELEASE
Valentine's Day – time to hug your favourite robot?

(14 February 2012) On St. Valentine's Day, we want to be close to the ones we love. Researchers from Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands and the UK are testing whether one day that special person in our life could be a robot. Experiments have shown that children, for example, can become extremely attached to a robot playmate, but can the robot in turn can develop a bond with a human being? Could we one day expect robots to develop a behaviour that resembles human attachment? That is the question being explored in the ALIZ-E project

NEWS ARTICLE
The hunt is on for Europe's Local Digital Champions: E-Inclusion Awards 2012 now open for entries

(15 February 2012) Almost a quarter of Europeans aged 16 and over have never used the internet. The European Commission established the e-Inclusion Awards to raise awareness, encourage participation and recognise excellence and good practice in using ICT and digital technology to tackle social and digital exclusion across Europe. The aim is to collect best practices across Europe in supporting people to go online and the stories of individuals who have benefited from their internet experience. Information about the impact of initiatives will be collected through an application form. Audiovisual material that shows the success of the submitted initiative and stories told on blogs, Facebook, Twitter and other platforms would be most welcome. Deadline for submission of entries is 4 May 2012.

PRESS RELEASE
Commission welcomes step forward for wireless broadband with adoption of Radio Spectrum Policy Programme

(15 February 2012) Radio spectrum supports 3.5 million jobs and more than €250 billion of economic activity each year in Europe, including incredibly popular services such as wireless broadband. The Commission therefore welcomes the European Parliament's adoption of the five-year Radio Spectrum Policy Programme (RSPP) which will allow sufficient spectrum to be made available for wireless applications and services such as high speed 4th generation (4G) wireless broadband. The RSPP also supports entertainment/culture (mobile TV or wireless electronic books), transport systems, health (such as medical appliances and devices to assist disabled persons), research, civil protection, the environment and energy (including smart energy grids and smart metering systems), without affecting the requirements of other policies such as defence.

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
DISCIPULUS - Consultation meeting around the Digital Patient initiative

29 March 2012 - 30 March 2012 Barcelona, Spain

The DISCIPULUS project began in October 2011, and will run until March 2013. The first consultation exercise will bring selected experts from the clinical, research and academic communities together to discuss issues surrounding the Digital Patient initiative. The exercise will involve working through clinical scenarios and case studies, with the aim to highlight the opportunities and challenges of integrating patient data and predictive models. This meeting will be focused on clinical and industrial needs and designed to gather information from a selected group of clinical and R&D colleagues. A second, larger meeting will be held at the end of November 2012, also in Barcelona. TIt will be open to anyone interested in shaping the Digital Patient roadmap and will be a two-day event.

See also: other EU funded projects in eHealth

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
First annual meeting of the European Joint Action on Healthy Life Years

19 April 2012 in Paris

The first annual meeting of the European Joint Action on Healthy Life Years will be held on the topic of "Increasing Active Healthy Ageing: How can monitoring help achieve the EU goal?" The meeting's main aim is to release the new 2010 life expectancy and Healthy Life Years values for the 27 Member States - gaps and trends since 2005 - as well as to discuss how monitoring can inform strategies to reach the EU goal of an increase of 2 HLY by 2020. There will also be two round tables "Improving current data quality and appropriateness" and "What information do we need to aid making policies?" Data providers, policy makers and researchers active in the area of public health information in the EU will be present as well as policy makers in general. To attend the meeting you need to register in advance as the number of seats is limited.

Contact: Please contact Christine Perrier to register: ja-ehleis(at)inserm.fr

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
17th Annual CyberPsychology and CyberTherapy Conference call for abstracts

25 September 2012 - 28 September 2012 European Parliament Brussels, Belgium

This conference shows presentations that demonstrate controlled clinical trials with unique applications of cutting edge technologies that improve the access and increase the quality of healthcare. It attracts psychologists, scientists, technical experts, researchers, industry leaders, policymakers, and funding agents from around the globe.

Contact: office@vrphobia.eu
See also: Submit your abstract before 01/03/2012

New in the Library

REPORTS AND STUDIES
Multiscale visualisation: review of collaborative tools publicly available (#biomedical)

2 February 2012

MSV EU funded project will release by the end of the year an open-source library for the multiscale interactive visualisation of biomedical data. The first step of the shared implementation phase has been to review the tools available in the different communities for the collaborative software implementation. This public documents summarised the best tools identified from different open-source projects. These will be the base for the deployment of the MSV collaborative open-source environment.

See also: other EU funded projects in eHealth

ARTICLE
An open market of assisted living apps for older people

The success of Apple's App Store and the Android Market has inspired EU-funded developers of 'Ambient assisted-living' (AAL) solutions to develop their own open application marketplace and work together on interoperable platforms. In doing so, they are hoping to mainstream technology that will help older people live more active and comfortable lives. 'A lot of projects have worked to develop a one-off product - something to remind you to take your medicine or a reminder to turn off your stove. But what's needed are solutions that deliver a whole range of services, so you don't have to get a new system for each service you need - one platform with modular services that are very easy to add and adapt,' explains Theresa Skehan, a project manager at the Swedish Institute of Assistive Technology (SIAT). SIAT coordinated the 'Mainstreaming on ambient intelligence' ( Monami) project, which has developed an open, scalable software architecture and implemented a diverse array of interoperable applications designed specifically to meet the AAL needs of older people. Need a sensor system to monitor someone's heart rate? Give the end user the sensor, install the application on their mobile phone, and the platform will handle the rest. Want to use data from that application to alert a doctor if the user's heart rate spikes? Add a second application, even from a different developer, to communicate the information and the two will work together seamlessly. Please click on the title above to access the full article.

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