Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today announced that it has been included in the Gartner "Market Guide for Digital Health Platform for Healthcare Providers" report [1], as well as the "Competitive Landscape for Digital Health Platforms" [2]. According to Gartner, "by 2024, healthcare providers that have adopted a digital health platform approach will outpace competition and partners by 80% in the speed of digital transformation and new feature implementation."

The National Pathology Imaging Co-operative, NPIC, opens opportunities for NHS trusts throughout the country to digitise pathology and improve patient diagnoses, following new funding and expanding the usage of Sectra's digital pathology solution and VNA.

A multi-million pound NHS initiative that already spans six trusts is expanding to help laboratories across different parts of the UK digitise their pathology services. Big wins are expected for patients and busy healthcare professionals.

Manx Care, Isle of Man were looking for solutions to replace an outdated legacy paging system that resulted in failed and delayed messaging impacting emergency response, with a modern progressive method of communication. To address this challenge, Manx Care embarked on a project with Alcidion to deploy Smartpage Clinical, with a view to introduce Smartpage Non-Clinical and Smartpage Response in later project phases.

NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) has unveiled 'The Provision of AI Software in Neuroscience for Stroke Decision Making Support' procurement framework agreement, the only one of its kind in the UK specifically for the analysis of images for the detection of ischaemic or haemorrhagic strokes.

Allscripts (NASDAQ: MDRX) announced today that its Application Store has been relaunched as the Allscripts App Expo The rebrand will ensure Allscripts clients have an engaging way to identify all applications that have been built and certified through the Allscripts Developer Program (ADP) using Allscripts proprietary and FHIR APIs, in addition to select third party solutions sold by Allscripts.

Buddy Healthcare and KARL STORZ have joined forces in a strategic partnership. The goal of this cooperation is to extend added value to digital care pathways. Fully digitized and automated patient care pathways provide high-quality and modern clinical workflow management to help clinics in improving patient outcomes and optimize clinical processes.

Health technology company Royal Philips and non-profit organization the Philips Foundation are providing support to help address the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and at its borders. The support being provided by Philips and the Philips Foundation includes hospital relief, support for acute and emergency care, financial support, and supplies for displaced Ukrainian citizens, plus a dedicated employee donation program.