Internet of Things - Internet of the Future: Building tomorrow's Internet together
6-7 Oct 2008
Palais des Palais des Congrès et des Expositions
Esplanade Kennedy
Nice Acropolis France
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EC-ICT Reseach 2008 Event : "I"s to The Future
(and Calls for Proposals) 
25-27 Nov 2008
Venue: Centre des Congrès
Lyon 
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France Could Be Model for U.S. Health Data Exchanges, Experts Say

Source:  iHEALTHBeat (California Healthcare Foundation)
Date: 18 October 2007  

France and its Ministry of Health, since 2004 has supported electronic health record projects across its 22 regions.  However, like the U.S., France has yet to develop an interoperable platform to allow the regional health data exchanges to share information with one another, Healthcare IT News reports.
Ilan Freedman, vice president of marketing for dbMotion, said the U.S. could learn some lessons from the French model because while each hospital in France has its own CEO, each region's Regional Hospitalization Agency acts as a single, decision-making entity for the budgets of all hospitals in the region.
Gerard Manrique, business development manager for Healthcare and Life Sciences Innovation IBM France, said the key to connecting the existing enterprise applications is using open standards-based technology, Healthcare IT News reports.

In terms of having a sustainable model for exchanging health data, Freedman said that France's Regional Hospitalization agencies are similar to integrated delivery networks in the U.S. He added that it makes sense for hospital systems in U.S. metropolitan areas to connect internally and effectively build connections to other IDNs to become part of the Nationwide Health Information Network (Monegain, Healthcare IT News , 10/18).

Paris hospital first in EU to implement Picis CareSuite

Source: Healthcare IT News.EU 
Date: 10 August, 2007
Written by Pamela Leavy, Contributing Writer

A private hospital in the heart of Paris stands as the first European medical center to implement Picis Inc.'s CareSuite Total Perioperative Automation software package.  Picis , a U.S.-based healthcare IT vendor, and Institut Mutualiste Montsouris in Paris have reached an agreement to integrate patient booking, surgical scheduling, supply chain management, revenue management, operating room clinical workflow and critical care through the automated healthcare IT software system.

Patients, surgeons, operating room nurses, and anesthesia providers will all benefit from this technology, said Philippe Mabille, general director of Picis S.A.S. in France, French-speaking Belgium and Switzerland. The Paris hospital will also implement Picis' point-of-care information system for intensive care units.  (read more...)

Medical Search Engine for General Practitioners in France

Source:  Healthcare IT News.eu (www.imakenews.com)
Date: 23 May 2007

Convera Corporation (NASDAQ: CNVR), a leading provider of search technologies for publishers, announced the launch of SearchMedica France. The specialized search engine, built for doctors in France, was developed by CMPMedica, Convera and medical experts from Le Quotidien du Médecin, a popular daily medical journal published by CMPMedica. CMPMedica, a division of UBM plc, is a global provider of healthcare information and education.

SearchMedica France provides specialized access to well-respected medical Web sites, professional journals and clinical resources. The site also enables medical professionals to search CMPMedica's proprietary Vidal database of information on 3,500 pharmaceuticals. Search results are organized by distinct medical categories, which were developed by working closely with doctors in real-life working conditions. (more....)

ERCIM: developing a new Pathophysiology Modelling WG

The Digital Patient (VPH)

by Ioannis Tollis and Nicholas Ayache

Initiated by the European Commission as a major multidisciplinary scientific challenge, the Virtual Physiological Human (VPH) aims to develop robust, in silico models of human physiology and pathology. The desired outcomes include the identification of novel diagnostic biomarkers, the optimization of clinical decision-making and the discovery of innovative therapies. In this way, individualized models of human function could serve as virtual testbeds for a better understanding of pathophysiological processes (ie the disturbance of normal mechanical, physical and biochemical functions), as well as evaluating potential therapeutical strategies in silico.

This scientific direction is reflected in the recent calls for projects for the European Union's 7th Framework Programme on VPH, which will target:

• patient-specific computational modelling and simulation of organs or systems targeting specific clinical needs such as prediction of diseases
• data integration and knowledge extraction, and most importantly
• clinical applications and demonstration of the tangible benefits of patient-specific computational models.

French Tech Research for Disabled People - a "Top Priority"
Origin: French Government (www.recherche.gouv.fr)
Date: May, 2003

The French government has launched a set of research measures aimed at developing new technologies for people with disabilities. (more)

IPR at National Level

A resource of practical information on intellectual property and innovation in France. (link)

The Impact of Telematics on the Healthcare Sector

• France

Trends in Health Telematics in the European Union

• Trends in France

EC funded Research Projects

• Health Telematics - AIM     (3rd Framework Programme 1991-94)
  - Analyses of organisations and countries breakdown
  - Participants