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05/13/2013

One third of German hospitals are in the red

Government grants €1.1 billion to help finance rising personnel costs and increase nurses specialists in infection prevention and control …

03/04/2013

Rogue Dutch doctor prompts calls for EU early warning system

There are too many loopholes that allow bad or fraudulent physicians to beat the system. …

02/28/2013

Public debate in European Parliament on future medical device legislation

Eucomed, the European medical technology industry association, welcomes stakeholder calls at a public hearing of the European Parliament’s Environment, Public Health and Food …

02/14/2013

Jordan struggles to serve refugee population

A high unemployment rate coupled with an influx of refugees from Iraq and Syria has compounded challenges faced by the Jordanian government to provide healthcare for all, states a …

02/14/2013

MITA and COCIR applaud Obama for negotiations on partnership with EU

The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) and the European Coordination Committee of the Radiological, Electromedical and Healthcare IT Industry (COCIR) applauded President …

01/31/2013

Essential role of personal data in healthcare

The Healthcare Coalition on Data Protection published a joint statement highlighting the role of personal data in delivering high quality, patient-centred healthcare and …

01/22/2013

MIR 2012: The Golden Age of radiological imaging is shifting into the past

It lasted forty years – but now it’s over – that Golden Age of radiology and medical imaging is surrendering under technology stagnation and imaging issues such as the …

01/18/2013

BVMed asks for immediate action

The German Medical Technology Association BVMed is asking the European Commission, the Council and the Parliament to take immediate action in bringing forward appropriate measures …

12/14/2012

COCIR welcomes EU eHealth Action Plan 2012-2020

Rhe European Coordination Committee of the Radiological, Electromedical and Healthcare IT Industry (COCIR) congratulates the European Commission on its new eHealth Action Plan, …

12/06/2012

European Parliament committee for continuing patient access to MRI

The Alliance for MRI welcomed action by a European Parliament committee on Thursday that guarantees continued patient access to Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), a critical tool …

11/22/2012

Tonio Borg appointed as commissioner for health and consumer affairs

On Wednesday, 21 November, the Members of the European Parliament voted in favour of Commissioner-designate Tonio Borg following a period of extensive investigation. …

11/12/2012

National interests hamper EU cross-border research

Germany hopes for better research conditions as revision of the EU Clinical Trials Directive is nigh …

10/31/2012

Radiologists all over the world celebrate the International Day of Radiology

The first International Day of Radiology (IDoR) will be celebrated on November 8, as participating societies from all over the world will host a series of events to highlight the …

10/20/2012

Defining Tomorrow’s Legislation on the Privacy

COCIR applauds the Commission’s courageous move to harmonise the EU’s legal framework on data protection through the adoption of a EU Regulation, as proposed earlier this …

10/10/2012

Alliance of European medical technology industry associations launched

MedTech Europe, the alliance of European medical technology industry associations, is launched today at the European MedTech Forum in Brussels. …

10/10/2012

Nobel Prize awarded to Robert Koch Foundation Laureate

The Robert Koch Foundation congratulates Professor Shinya Yamanaka, the 2008 Robert Koch Award laureate, on being awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The …

07/16/2012

EU healthy life expectancy

The European Joint Action on Healthy Life Years (EHLEIS) project, led by France and coordinated by the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), has …

07/12/2012

Medical Transcription and Health Information Security

In July 2011 the Defense Department of the United States lost approximately 24,000 sensitive Pentagon files in a large-scale cyber attack. If you know anything about the U.S. …

07/10/2012

No to Acta, yes to the right to health

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Anand Grover, praised the European Parliament’s rejection of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) on July …

07/10/2012

Perspectives on healthcare inequality

For some, ‘life’s a bitch’ with unfairness and suffering an integral part of it. Many more people actually do not expect any better than the barrenness and misery in which …

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