NHS Scotland has further strengthened its strategic partnership with Carestream Health by signing an amendment to the long standing contract between the two organisations. The company will supply CARESTREAM Vue Mammography PACS to all of Scotland's Breast Screening Centres located at Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Inverness, Dundee and Irvine.

After evaluating other vendors, Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Milan, in the Italian region of Lombardy, has ordered a suite of CARESTREAM Vue solutions to simplify workflow and boost productivity. The 5-year contract also includes a managed service agreement.

International mobile software solutions provider, TotalMobile has announced a campaign to support healthcare professionals spend more time with patients and less on administration and travel by adopting new mobile technologies. The campaign will support the NHS Institute of Innovation and Improvement's Releasing Time to Care (RTTC) scheme, part of the Productive Ward initiative, with TotalMobile delivering a series of workshops around the UK.

IMS MAXIMS will highlight the need for systems that support NHS trusts with the early diagnosis and improved care of patients with dementia at the forthcoming national health IT conference and exhibition, HC2013.

EMIS has announced a major landmark in the rollout of EMIS Web - over 2,000 GP practices have now upgraded to the transformational healthcare system, making it the most widely used GP system in England. A total of 2,007 GP practices have moved to EMIS Web, with orders placed for a further 1,200; 2,564 practices have joined the EMIS GP familiarisation service, as a first step to upgrading to the system.

Poland is revolutionizing its healthcare system. All citizens will be able to see and maintain their personal medical data electronically. Using modern IT, all healthcare providers can use and maintain the same data together. CompuGroup Medical participated in realizing this nation-wide healthcare project.

The UK's first GP appointment booking app was launched - enabling patients to book appointments with their doctor directly from their smartphone. The Patient Access Mobile app, from the UK's leading independent health information site Patient.co.uk, will also enable patients to: