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General, Research & Innovation

Study on business model innovations concluded – results online

Co-ordinated by empirica, the University of Applied Sciences North-Western Switzerland (FHNW) concluded a study about “the need for innovations in business models”

eSkills & Work, General

Knowledge Transfer Study concluded – final report online

The Knowledge Transfer Study 2010-2012 is now concluded and the final report is available for free download at the European Commission’s site as well as the study’s homepage . empirica co-ordinated the Knowledge Transfer Study on behalf of the European Commission.

eSkills & Work, General

Study on high-growth innovative enterprises concluded – policy briefs online

empirica concluded a study about policies in support of high-growth innovative enterprises (HGIEs) and published two related policy briefs. The first policy brief deals with HGIE characteristics, the second with policies to foster this type of enterprises.

Energy, General

SMARTSPACES Milestone: Operation Start on 1 November 2013

The SMARTSPACES project was launched on 1 January 2012. The following month were used to intensively prepare the operational start. Focus groups, architecture and testing methodologies were designed and carried out.

Energy, General

eSESH – Saving Energy in Social Housing with ICT project successfully completed

In February 2013, the eSESH – Saving Energy in Social Housing with ICT project was successfully completed.

General, Inclusive Society

Study on e-accessibility published by the European Commission

The European Commission has now published the results and conclusions from an empirica led cross-country study on e-accessibility. The main aims of this research were to take stock of the extent of e-accessibility across the EU27 countries and some third countries.

Digital Health, eCare & Ageing, General

VPH-DARE@IT website goes online

The “Virtual Physiological Human: DementiA Research Enabled by IT” (VPH-DARE@IT) project website has been launched and is accessible at www.vph-dare.eu

Digital Health, General

MD-Paedigree (Model-Driven Paediatric European Digital Repository) wins ICT2013 Best Exhibit Award

MD-Paedigree, a clinically-driven, VPH-rooted project in which empirica is key project partner, was awarded the Best Exhibit Award at the ICT2013 conference. Over 200 exhibitors and 5500 participants from all over the world flocked to Vilnius, Lithuania

Digital Health, eCare & Ageing, General

Patient’s can be treated more efficiently with HeartCycle

The socio-economic impact assessment based on a multi-centre clinical trial showed that patient’s can be treated more effectively as well as more efficiently with HeartCycle, are third generation telehealth system.

Digital Health, eCare & Ageing, General

Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry from empirica project partner network

empirica congratulates Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt, and Arieh Warshel on winning the Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2013, for their work on “the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems”.

Digital Health, eCare & Ageing, General

Enabling Europe-wide semantic interoperability: building a European Virtual Organisation- results from an expert workshop

Achieving semantic interoperability (SIOP) of electronic health information is a key ambition of projects funded by the European Commission. A recent business modeling workshop has analyzed how a European Virtual Organisation can help focus current development efforts in this

Digital Health, eCare & Ageing, General

Study states added value of Swiss electronic patient record

A planned electronic patient record in Switzerland would aid the general population and especially the chronically ill. This is the most important message of a recently finished regulatory impact analysis delivered to the Federal Council of Switzerland on 29 May.