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Med-e-Tel 2009 is here!
This newsletter is your source for Med-e-Tel updates, news from the Med-e-Tel partners, sponsors, exhibitors and speakers, as well as other telemedicine and ehealth news from around the world.
Med-e-Tel is indeed just around the corner. Some 500 participants from nearly 50 countries around the world will convene in Luxembourg next week (April 1-3) to share telemedicine and ehealth experiences and move things forward with global adoption of ICT tools and applications in health and social care.
If you're not yet registered, there still is time to do so before Monday March 30th, or you can also still sign up at the event itself.
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Featured Partner
Meet representatives of the European Commission's DG INFSO and DG SANCO on the Med-e-Tel expo and hear about EC funded projects and new initiatives in the field of telemedicine and ehealth.
In the Med-e-Tel 2009 opening session on April 1st, the European Commission's Gérard Comyn will provide details on the Commission's policy initiative on telemedicine.
Med-e-Tel also features workshops from the EC co-funded projects NETC@RDS and TEN4Health. These workshops are scheduled on April 2nd.
Med-e-Tel works together with a distinguished academy of organizations, associations and institutions who are active in the fields of ehealth, telemedicine, and health ICT.
Click here for a full list of supporting organizations and partners. |
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Platinum Sponsors
Gold Sponsors 
Click here for a list of additional Med-e-Tel 2009 exhibitors and sponsors. |
Featured Media Partners
eHEALTH is a niche monthly publication (print and online) focusing on healthcare ICT technologies and applications. It provides rich and relevant content for healthcare stakeholders, medical professionals, researchers and policy makers across the world for global capacity building and knowledge exchange towards better eHealth adoption.
The eHealthNews.EU portal is a leading eHealth news web based platform with core competence and innovative strength in advancing the European eHealth industrial and research sectors, promoting awareness of the latest trends, achievements and technology in the field.
Hospital Post EMEA addresses 25,000 decision makers in hospitals throughout Europe and North Africa / Middle East. The bimonthly publication is the one source of information decision makers located anywhere between Lisbon and Minsk, Oslo and Dubai require to keep up to date.
Published by Pan Global Media, International Hospital Equipment & Solutions (IHE) reports on medical technology news and solutions for the modern hospital. Targeting senior physicians and medical department heads, hospital management, IT specialists and biomedical engineers in Europe, Middle East, Asia-Pacific and Latin America, IHE offers a personally requested BPA circulation of over 22,000.
The Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare provides coverage of developments in telemedicine and e-health and is recognised as the leading journal in its field. Contributions from around the world provide a unique perspective on how different countries and health systems are using new technology in health care.
Published since 1986, MHW (previously Arab Health World - AHW) is a specialized business magazine that covers the latest advancements and technologies in the Medical, Laboratory, Pharmaceutical, and Nutrition sectors. It is circulated to over 6,280 leading decision-maker engaged in the afore-mentioned sectors throughout the Middle East and North Africa.
Telemedicine and e-Health is now 10 issues per year! In addition to the usual high-caliber peer-reviewed papers, the Journal offers expanded coverage of medical connectivity, technology advances, telemedicine business, new products, and much more.
The Med-e-Tel media partnerships provide you with a look at a wide range of healthcare and medical journals, magazines and on-line news and information services that will help you to stay abreast of what is going on in the field of ehealth, telemedicine and healthcare IT and to make better informed decisions in your daily business or healthcare practice.
Pick up your personal copy of these publications in the Media Corner at Med-e-Tel 2009! |
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Medical professionals obtain CME credits at Med-e-Tel
 Med-e-Tel is accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME) to provide the following CME activity for medical specialists. The EACCME is an institution of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) - www.uems.net.
Med-e-Tel 2009 is designated for a maximum of 18 hours of European external CME credits. Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
EACCME credits are recognized by the American Medical Association towards the Physician's Recognition Award (PRA). To convert EACCME credit to AMA PRA category 1 credit, contact the AMA.
For more details and to obtain your CME credits, contact Med-e-Tel's Educational Program Coordinator, Dr. Malina Jordanova, while you are at Med-e-Tel (or contact her in advance at education@medetel.eu).
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Card Guard presents HealthePod at Med-e-Tel
 Card Guard AG, a leading healthcare service, technology and solution provider, focused on delivering the next generation healthcare delivery platform for consumers, high-risk and chronically ill patients and to home health, disease management, eHealth and wellness markets, is set to launch its new HealthePod at Med-e-Tel 2009.
The HealthePod is a multifunctional personal health monitor that offers ECG, heart rate, BMI, body fat, stress analysis, pedometer, calorie meter, stop watch, ambient temperature and body temperature measurements. The portable, easy to use HealthePod can be connected to a laptop and to the Internet.
Card Guard AG is headquartered in Switzerland and is listed on the Swiss Stock Exchange (CARDG). LifeWatch, Card Guard's wholly owned subsidiary, provides remote monitoring services for US healthcare providers.
Card Guard solutions are designed for an expanding population with health conditions such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension and cardiac problems, and those requiring medical supervision and monitoring.
Card Guard's land line and wireless healthcare monitors include: ECG; Spirometer; Oxymeter; Scale; Blood Pressure and Blood Glucose monitors; Fetal monitor and devices for home and clinical use.
Card Guard is a member of the Continua Health Alliance
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Invitation to blog Med-e-Tel on 3FOUR50  The Oxford Health Alliance (OxHA), an organization focusing on chronic disease prevention (diet, smoking and lack of physical activity, in particular), invites Med-e-Tel participants to blog about their encounters and lessons learned at Med-e-Tel, on their interactive website www.3four50.com.
3FOUR50 actually refers to the 3 risk factors (poor diet, smoking, lack of physical activity) that cause four chronic diseases (heart disease, type 2 diabetes, chronic lung disease and many cancers) which account for over 50% of deaths in the world.
The content on 3FOUR50 is user-generated and registered users can add content in the form of blogs and photos, as well as contact other people in the 3FOUR50 network (which comprises experts and activists from around the world).
Anyone not attending Med-e-Tel, but with an interest in chronic disease prevention, will obviously also find 3FOUR50 of interest as a medium to share their experiences.
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And more blogging...  Dr. Peter Murray, IMIA Vice-President, will be blogging and twittering (under hashtag #medetel09) from Med-e-Tel 2009. The blog is available under www.hi-blogs.info, described as "jottings from the front line of health informatics events around the world".
Catch up with Peter at the event if you're interested in contributing to the blog.
Peter will also be giving a short presentation, "Does Web 2.0 have any value for nursing and informatics?" as part of the Telenursing session at Med-e-Tel on Thursday 2 April, 14:00-15:30.
Also webblogger Ron Otten from the Netherlands will report from Med-e-Tel on his weblog http://mobilewellbeing.info, a blog dedicated to mobile devices in service of human wellbeing. |
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Revolutionizing the world of communications
 Luxembourg based Electro Security offers new Voice over IP technology as well as other communication applications which revolutionize the world of telephony.
As part of its continuous development, Electro Security, specialized in security systems and automatic devices, offers new services in telephone systems and IP networks (Wi-Fi and cable).
Electro Security works with global leaders in IP and digital telephony. From small and medium-sized businesses to international multi-site organizations, the applications of IP telephony present plenty of advantages, among which the reduction of telephone communication costs. Other than the price aspect, further advantages, such as the standardization of phone and IT networks or the ability to benefit from network convergence through a platform, make the equipment via IP already extremely interesting for companies with 20 to 30 workstations.
Additional technological developments include voice messaging for taking messages during absence and transferring them to an e-mail address; the combination with Outlook for personalized greetings; displaying the contact sheet for incoming calls; call dialing via the contacts (CTI), a GSM link to reduce mobile call costs; wireless phones for all employees of the same company; personalized greeting message; integration of audio and video telephony.
Find out more at Med-e-Tel about the possibilities offered by IP telephony and other services from Electro Security and its partners. Meet them in the Med-e-Tel expo area.
Electro Security is a MITEL Authorized Partner  |
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Still time to register for Med-e-Tel You can still register online for Med-e-Tel 2009 over the weekend. As of Monday March 30th, online registration will be closed, but you can also still submit your registration upon arrival at the event itself.
For everyone who has already registered, watch your inbox early next week for some final details about the event, invitation to receptions and more.
For an overview of the complete conference program and list of sponsors/exhibitors go to www.medetel.eu. |
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Newsbriefs To follow are links to some interesting and recently published articles, studies, interviews and reports (if you would like to suggest an article for inclusion into a following newsletter, feel free to send details to info@medetel.eu):
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