End of the Beginning , Slovenia. Joint European Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Medical Decision Making , Hotel Hvide HusAalborg, Denmark. A collaborative telemedicine service that will strive to meet healthcare needs in Russia's Ural Mountains, this project also will help create business opportunities in Snezhinsk. Besides satellite and VPN communications management, developers are focusing on the management of high-speed terrestrial communications and collaborative teleconferencing and data exchange. The project began in November.
Creators aim to develop clinical systems that are flexible and interoperable.
Europe's imaging technology changes Instrumentarium, Helsinki, Finland, parent company to anesthesia equipment and clinical information systems developer Datex-Ohmeda, announced the acquisition of Ziehm, Nuremburg, Germany. Instrumentarium plans to use the surgical imaging vendor to merge its X-ray operations into a larger imaging division. The acquisition also will allow for the broadening of Datex-Ohmeda's scope of clinical information systems. The company recently set up an international division to establish joint ventures and licensing agreements in other countries. This is the same strategy they use with their U.S. partners.