A new model for evaluating the technological capabilities of European health and social care organisations delivering care across the patient journey is to be launched by HIMSS Europe. The new model has received active support from leading global health software provider, Orion Health.

Agfa HealthCare has successfully implemented three of its wireless DX-D 30C Retrofit DR upgrade solutions at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust. The solutions were procured through the NHS Supply Chain. An Agfa HealthCare customer for over 7 years, North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital and community based healthcare to around 365,000 people living in East Durham, Hartlepool, Stockton on Tees and surrounding areas and part of Sedgefield.

The HIMSS Europe Governing Council invites nominations for three vacancies on the HIMSS Governance Council for a three year term to begin on 1 July, 2014 and end 30 June, 2017. Submissions must be submitted no later than 31 May 2014.

Agfa HealthCare announces today that it is a diamond sponsor of the World of Health IT (WoHIT) 2014 conference held by HIMSS Europe and Middle East, which will take place in Nice, France from April 2-4, 2014. The WoHIT Conference & Exhibition is the premier forum for the advancement of IT in healthcare in Europe.

Siemens' Healthcare Sector has won contracts from two Dutch university hospitals, the Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam (Erasmus MC) and University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), to supply, implement, and support the Soarian Clinicals hospital information system, including electronic patient record (EPR).

AT&T, Cisco, GE, IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Intel have announced the formation of the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), an open membership group focused on breaking down the barriers of technology silos to support better access to big data with improved integration of the physical and digital worlds.

Clinicians in north London are breaking down inter-professional barriers and reducing ‘did not attend’ (DNA) rates for patients with serious long term conditions. Their clinical commissioning group (CCG) is using data-sharing to integrate care across primary and secondary care, and help avoid hospital admissions. Subject to patient consent at the point of care, clinicians in Camden have a secure view of vital medical information held in GP records - using EMIS Web - in these key areas: