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Update From the European Institutions
Spain Takes Over Presidency of EU Council Spain has pledged to drive forward the realisation of the European Research Area (ERA) during its six-month Presidency of the Council of the EU, which started on January 1st. Innovation and equality are at the heart of the Spanish Presidency programme, explained Science and Innovation Minister Cris1
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Applications of Telecardiology: Recommendations for its Use in Practice
Cardiovascular diseases play a major role in general morbidity and disability, representing one of the major burdens to our healthcare system. Telemedicine can reduce the pressure on medical experts, who are limited in number, and extend their expertise to patients in isolated or remote locations. Telemedicine appears particularly promising i1
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The Role of the Electronic Health Record in Research: Applications Beyond Clinical Care
Conceptually, the Electronic Health Record (EHR) is intended be a lifelong collection of health-relevant data for a consenting person. The main purpose of the EHR is to assist medical care by providing health professionals with the information for diagnosis and therapy where, when and how it is needed. This is particularly important in the hi1
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Oldes & E-Health for the Elderly: An Affordable and Customisable Telecardiology System
Background on Telemedicine- Related EU Policies A European Commission Communication, adopted on the 04/11/2008 (COM – 2008 - 689 final), advocates the development and use of telemedicine services, including diagnosis, treatment and monitoring at a distance across Europe. The Communication highlights how, in an ageing Europe, where mor1
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Guidelines for Running a Paediatric Telecardiology Service:
Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Shares Their Success For paediatric cardiologists, telecardiology has become a valuable tool in diagnosing and triaging newborns with suspected congenital heart disease at remote hospital nurseries. The tele echocardiography programme developed over 15 years ago at the Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago,1
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Developments in Structural Heart Disease Interventions
How Progress is Changing Practice for Interventional Specialists Interventional treatments of structural heart disease are evolving at a rapid pace and are now established routine in many centres worldwide. Some have even left the traditional interventional field of cardiology behind and have emerged from coronary catheterisation labs into speci1
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Diastolic Dysfunction and Diastolic Heart Failure: Part One - Pathophysiology
Diastolic dysfunction represents a mechanical malfunction of the relaxation of the left ventricular chamber primarily diagnosed by two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography and in most cases, has no immediate clinical relevance. The abnormal relaxation is usually separated in different degrees based on the severity of reduction in passiv1
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Managing Surge Capacity: Balancing Resource Utilisation
Worldwide, healthcare systems are struggling with higher costs and demands of becoming more cost-effective. Despite our efforts, diseases cannot be exterminated and treatments of curable diseases sometimes result in the manifestation of new ones. For instance, decreasing neonatal mortality has been replaced with diseases among aging populatio1
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Matching Talent and Jobs
Programmed to under-perform? This is how some healthcare managers may feel when they go home after a typical day at work, according to a recent white paper ‘What Does Being in Over Your Head Look Like’. In reality, the average healthcare organisation creates leadership alignment (the right people in the right roles) approximately 55 percent o1
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Overview of the Healthcare Systems in the Nordic Countries
The Nordic healthcare system has a long heritage. It is especially well-established with regard to primary and preventive healthcare. These couple into sophisticated occupational health standards which are considered to be models by the outside world. All Nordic countries also have highly-developed hospital services. Nordic healthcare system1
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