L'Association du Sacré Cœur - an elderly care organization that operates two residential care facilities, a drop-in center, and other services in the Niort and Cherveux areas of western France - has again chosen Ascom wireless communication solutions as part of an ongoing modernization program.

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) today announced Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) will serve as a key testing site for a multi-centered instrument precision study involving Philips' digital pathology whole slide imaging (WSI) IntelliSite Solution.

Cerner, a global leader in health care, has announced that Wirral Partners, an integrated primary and acute care system in the United Kingdom, will use Cerner's HealtheIntent℠ population health management platform to advance the Healthy Wirral program, an initiative focused on establishing new models of care for disease management and prevention.

Agfa HealthCare has signed a new, 10-year contract with The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, under which the Trust's Agfa HealthCare IMPAX picture archiving and communication system (PACS) will be replaced with its Enterprise Imaging for Radiology Suite, including the XERO zero-footprint viewer technology.

Opinion Article by David Marsden, EDT service delivery manager at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
Waiting as long as a week for letters, results and other crucial documents to reach a GP was the norm not so long ago; it was the way that things were done. It would take at least three to four days, often longer, for hospital staff to generate letters, print them, physically place the document in envelopes, and for those documents to then arrive at the GP surgery.

Apple® today announced CareKit™, a new software framework designed to help developers enable people to actively manage their own medical conditions. iPhone® apps using CareKit make it easier for individuals to keep track of care plans and monitor symptoms and medication; providing insights that help people better understand their own health.

NHS patients and clinicians are to benefit from ground-breaking digital health technology thanks to a fresh new drive - an Accelerator - helping small to medium digital health businesses develop and pioneer health care technology specifically for the NHS.