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The Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation is inviting Expressions of Interest from consortia wishing to apply for funding under the Government’s new Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund. This is one of four funds in the National Development Plan 2018-2027 and was launched at the Project Ireland 2040 Funds Announcement. €500 million is available for co-funded […]

While Intel, Beth Israel Deaconess and others threw their support behind the CMS proposed plan to make interoperability mandatory for Medicaid and Medicare billing, AHA and other stakeholders slammed the proposal as “premature” and “duplicative.” Article reproduced from Healthcare IT News. A proposed Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services rule that would mandate data sharing for

Carme Pratdepàdua holds a B.Sc in Industrial Engineering and a Master’s degree in training secondary school, vocational training and language teachers by Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. She has more than 10 years of experience in leading projects in the technological sector, and for more than six years working in health projects. Ms Pratdepadua is specialised

In 2018 the European Commission launched for the first time ever a European Sustainability Award to reward the efforts and creativity of European people, businesses and organisations. The ambition of this award is clear: championing inspiring cases of initiatives that are turning the global Sustainable Development Goals into concrete solutions and opportunities. Given the cross-cutting nature of the Sustainable Development

In Luxembourg today, the European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Vytenis Andriukaitis launched the first meeting of the Joint Action on Health Inequalities ”Health Equity in Europe”. In his speech, the Commissioner expressed his belief that the broad and ambitious scope of this Joint Action would be a key piece of work to promote

Senior officials from the European Commission (EC), together with the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held their 2018 bilateral meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on 18 and 19 June. The two-day bilateral regulatory dialogue allowed the strategic partners to review their ongoing cooperative initiatives, discuss strategic priorities for the coming

The Commission has appointed 52 experts to the new High Level Group on Artificial Intelligence. The Group, consisting of representatives of academia, business, and civil society, will support the implementation of the EU Communication on Artificial Intelligence published in April 2018. The High-Level Expert Group will make recommendations on how to address mid-and long-term challenges and opportunities

Health will have a strong dimension in the next EU budget. Following the adoption of the new Multiannual Financial Framework for the period 2021-2027 on 2 May, the Commission adopted today the legislative proposal for a new European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) Programme. The health strand of the ESF+ Programme shall support public health policies

As part of the next long-term EU budget 2021-2027, the European Commission is today proposing to renew the ‘Connecting Europe Facility’, with €42.3 billion to support investments in the European infrastructure networks for transport (€30.6 billion), energy (€8.7 billion) and digital (€3 billion). This represents a 47% increase compared to 2014-2020[1], showing the EU’s commitment

                                       A delegation from Taiwan, with the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) supported by the company ASUS, has participated in the three last PULSE consortium meetings held in Barcelona (November 2017), Pavia (February 2018) and Belgrade (May 2018) to