Memo: Commission awards prizes to best eHealth SMEs

European Commission Vice-President Neelie Kroes has awarded prizes to eHealth SMEs from Finland, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland and United Kingdom as part of eHealth Week 2013 in Dublin, Ireland.

The winners of the 2nd EU SME eHealth Competition came up with innovations in areas such as improving cognitive behavioural therapy for mental care, improving physiological monitoring, and people facing emergencie. The competition was jointly organised by TICBioMed and the European Commission and the winners were selected from 15 competition finalists.

• Primary Source

European Commission: Rapid: MEMO/13/426: Digital Agenda: Kroes & Borg welcome recognition of the contribution ICT can make in reforming health systems http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-13-426_en.htm

European Commission: Rapid: SPEECH/13/401: Exploiting the potential of eHealth http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-13-401_en.htm

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