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European collaborative portal on Assistive Technologies and inclusive solutions
Launch of the European collaborative portal on Assistive Technologies and inclusive solutions There is a growing concern throughout Europe about the difficulties faced by the organisations involved in…
NEWSCreated: 14/06/2013Updated Date: 14/06/2013
European survey on training and usage of Assistive Technologies
ATLEC (Assistive Technology Learning Through a Unified Curriculum - www.atlec-project.eu) is currently conducting a European survey on the training and usage of assistive technologies (AT). ATLEC…
NEWSCreated: 30/06/2012Updated Date: 30/06/2012
FI: High rate of successful thrombolysis treatments in rural hospitals thanks to telestroke network
Telestroke thrombolysis is a good example of how the use of ICT in healthcare can significantly improve acute medical care. Specialised stroke units offer the best chances for patients to survive a…
NEWSCreated: 21/05/2012Updated Date: 21/05/2012
FI: Electronic management of social and health care information to be evaluated
"The goal of the comprehensive assessment is to collect views on what is a sensible way to develop a package of data processing services for the health system in the future, and how it can best serve…
NEWSCreated: 23/04/2012Updated Date: 23/04/2012
Survey report – ICT training and learning experiences of people with disabilities
ViPi released the ViPi Stakeholder Survey – Consolidation and comparative analysis of findings, including the Research Methodology & State of the Art. Both can be downloaded in accessible pdf format…
NEWSCreated: 14/04/2012Updated Date: 14/04/2012
PONTE - a Valuable Tool in Drug Repositioning Research
In a year's time researchers from across Europe will have easy access to valuable new technology designed to simplify and accelerate the clinical trials process. With the upcoming release of the…
NEWSCreated: 29/03/2012Updated Date: 29/03/2012
ATLEC to boost uptake in Assistive Technology by People with Disabilities
Recent studies throughout Europe [e.g. ACCESSIBLE, AEGIS (FP7 projects), and KA3 project ImPaCT in Europe] with over 1000 end-users and Assistive Technologies (AT) specialists, indicate that lack of…
NEWSCreated: 13/03/2012Updated Date: 13/03/2012
FI: Social and health care IT projects are performing well
In contrast with the conclusions of the National Audit Office's report, the Ministry announced that significant results have been achieved at national level. Electronic prescription, electronic health…
NEWSCreated: 26/01/2012Updated Date: 26/01/2012
FI: eArchiving system for electronic patient records - First pilot at Kuopio city
Kuopio's healthcare establishments (namely the Harjula outpatient clinic's reception, asthma and diabetes units, and the homecare and nursing units of Puijonlaakso service centre) will be the first…
NEWSCreated: 20/12/2011Updated Date: 20/12/2011
FI: Scientific study into migration proves value of open source
Finland's ministry of Justice, its state legal aid offices, the court houses, the probation services and its prisons offer scientific proof of the advantages of open source and open standards. Martti…
NEWSCreated: 22/11/2010Updated Date: 22/11/2010
FI: Re-use of hardware and open source helps schools save costs
Schools in the city of Kemi, in the north of Finland, are saving costs by switching to open source on their desktop PCs and servers. The move has increased performance of the existing hardware, the…
NEWSCreated: 17/09/2010Updated Date: 17/09/2010
FI: City of Oulu publishes e-government platform as open source
The City of Oulu is releasing the source code and the architecture documentation for its e-Government platform, the OmaOulu municipal portal. The portal will be made public as open source today…
NEWSCreated: 12/05/2009Updated Date: 12/05/2009