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conhIT 2017: Attendees Confirm High Value of Event

17 - 19 April 2018, Berlin, Germany.
From 144 to 501 exhibitors and from 2,513 to 9,545 attendees. Ever since conhIT - Connecting Healthcare IT was launched ten years ago it has continued to expand and is now Europe's leading event for Health IT. conhIT is the place where the industry meets.

Philips to Acquire Electrical Geodesics, Inc. to Establish Integrated Neurological Imaging, Mapping and Therapy guidance Portfolio

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today announced an agreement to acquire Electrical Geodesics, Inc. (EGI), a US-based medical device company that designs, develops and commercializes a range of non-invasive technologies used to monitor and interpret brain activity.

The Made-in-Italy Fast-Track Acceleration Program Dedicated to Projects in Life Science

ZCube, Research Venture of the pharmaceutical group Zambon, announced the second edition of Open Accelerator, the made-in-Italy fast track acceleration program dedicated to projects in life science fields. Open Accelerator is a 12-steps program providing training to international researchers, scientists and aspiring entrepreneurs that following a selection could receive a seed investment of up to a maximum of 100.000 EUR for each project.

University Medicine, Industry, and Science Establish an Innovation Partnership for Digitalizing Healthcare

The Digital Health Innovation Platform (d.hip) was established by an alliance between university medicine, industry, and science for the purpose of accelerating the digitalization of medicine and healthcare. The Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Siemens Healthineers, the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität-Erlangen-Nürnberg, the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, and Medical Valley EMN have signed a memorandum of understanding to this effect.

Sustainable Health Day at the Innovation Week 26 by the University of Bordeaux

28 June 2017, Bordeaux, France.
The University of Bordeaux explores leading innovations within the health system. No matter the discipline (translational imaging, rhythmology and electrophysiology, or even experimental psychopathology) the questions remain the same: as academics, what is our role in the modernization and improvement of healthcare? Consequently, what are the societal impacts of the innovations we have to offer?

Modeling the Brain with 'Lego Bricks'

Researchers from the University of Luxembourg, in cooperation with the University of Strasbourg, have developed a computational method that could be used to guide surgeons during brain surgery. Surgeons often operate in the dark. They have a limited view of the surface of the organ, and can typically not see what lies hidden inside. Quality images can routinely be taken prior to the surgery, but as soon as the operation begins, the position of the surgeon's target and risky areas he must avoid, continuously change.

m.Doc Named Winner in Nationwide WeDoDigital 2017

"Everyone talks? We do" is this year's slogan of the WeDoDigital campaign initiated by the German Chambers of Industry and Commerce - a campaign that aims to honor digital success stories in 2017. Cologne-based, digital healthcare company m.Doc is one of the nationwide winners. The award was given to m.Doc's founder and CEO Admir Kulin at the G20 Young Entrepreneurs' Alliance Summit in Berlin yesterday.