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BIM in Daily Hospital Routine

27.04.2018 | Construction and Planning
One should not gather information only to have a it sitting in a file somewhere. Predefining the information you want to generate with Building Information Modeling (BIM), and how it should be used later on, is a prerequisite of this new planning method.
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Helpful Guideline: Questionnaire for Risk Assessment under IEC 80001

06.12.2017 | IT
A work group of the Austrian Association of Hospital Technicians (Österreichischer Verband der KrankenhaustechnikerInnen, ÖVK) has compiled a model questionnaire for the risk assessment under IEC 80001.
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What High Tech Can Do: Flaky Pastry

01.12.2017 | IT
At the Medical University of Graz, the iPrint project is aiming to produce implants on-site in the operating room.
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Health Care 4.0

18.11.2017 | IT
“We are already in the middle of the future.” This realization was the common thread through the presentation at this years ÖVKT conference in Pörtschach am Wörthersee. The technologies for healthcare 4.0 are already available.
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Robotics

20.07.2017 | IT
The cyborgs are already here - Elon Musk is tackling the brain-computer-interface, the direct connections of the human brains to a computer through implants. Football fans will remember the opening ceremony of the 2014 World Championship in Brazil. A patient paralyzed from the hip down scored a symbolic goal using an exoskeleton...
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Big Data

20.07.2017 | IT
People are becoming transparent - 70 likes are enough to know more about someone than their best friend. Despite all the opinion polls, the British voted for the Brexit, and the Americans elected Donald Trump...
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3D Print in the Medical Field

07.07.2017 | IT
3D printing has shown great development over the last few years. The medical field can no longer ignore this progression. An article from the magazine Medizintechnik 3/2017 shows interesting applications.
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Innovation Schizophrenia is Spreading

14.06.2017 | IT
Health Minister Hermann Gröhe explained at this year’s ConhIT that for him, a future without digitization of the medical sector is unthinkable.
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Data Security

24.05.2017 | IT
Check if you are also infected by the blackmail trojan WannaCry. IT security experts of the Institute for Security and Privacy in the Health Care Sector...
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Innovation in Medical Technology

15.05.2017 | IT
Under the pressure of numerous scandals, the EU legislature has to find a balance between patient safety and innovation-friendliness.
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