Orion Health veteran Wayne Oxenham has been appointed Executive Vice President for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region to drive forward the company's population health management strategy. Appointed in April 2015, Wayne is to focus on delivering successful projects for existing customers and will take on full operational regional leadership across EMEA.

Healthlogistics.co.uk Ltd, one of the leading providers of e-procurement solutions to the NHS, has acquired hTrak Pty Ltd, Australia’s leading supplier of procedure costing and billing solutions. The companies' combined product offering will provide NHS Trusts with a unique end-to-end solution for their e-procurement requirements, resulting in significant efficiency savings.

For the 5th year research2guidance together with HIMSS conducts a research program focused on the mHealth app market. The 2015 mHealth App Developer Economics study aims at uncovering the current status and trends of the global mHealth app market.

Agfa HealthCare's revenue decreased by 4.1 percent. This clear improvement compared to the previous quarters of the year is the result of the efforts to support the growth engines of the business group on the one hand and the evolution of the Euro exchange rate on the other hand. Continuing the success of the previous quarters, the Direct Radiography product range's revenue grew strongly.

Staffordshire Fire and Rescue has partnered with Staffordshire County Council social services and Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Partnership NHS to work with technology-enabled care services provider Tunstall Healthcare to provide a preventative health and safety provision using telecare.

The NHS is moving one step closer to preventing thousands of avoidable deaths after new government funding was awarded to an innovative UK company that is working with hospitals to prevent acute kidney injury (AKI), a devastating condition believed to be linked with as many as 100,000 deaths in UK hospitals every year.

Agfa HealthCare, a leading provider of diagnostic imaging and healthcare IT solutions, announced today that it has entered into a sales and marketing agreement with Hitachi Medical Systems America, Inc. (Hitachi) whereby Hitachi will promote Agfa HealthCare's complete portfolio of Direct Radiography (DR) and Computed Radiography (CR) solutions to its large and growing community of MRI and CT customers in the United States, including hospitals, imaging centers and orthopedic clinics.