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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”. A related policy brief is available for free …

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 …

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 …

Energy, General

SMARTSPACES Milestone: Operation Start on 1 November 2013

1 November 2013 was set to be a milestone in the SMARTSPACES project: Operation started officially in 11 pilot sites. The SMARTSPACES project was launched on 1 January 2012. The …

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. The eSESH project started in March 2010 and aimed at helping Europe to …

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 …

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 Besides detailed information on VPH-DARE@IT RTD activities such as multiscale …

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 …

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 …

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 …