Shearwater Healthcare Solutions, the business accelerator founded by Ian Denley and Markus Bolton, has made a major investment in Graphnet Health, the UK's leading supplier of IT solutions for shared health and social care records. Graphnet's CareCentric solutions are used by over 30,000 NHS and local authority staff, and hold data on over 17m UK citizens.

IMS MAXIMS has announced that it has been shortlisted as a finalist in the 'Technology provider of the year' category for the HealthInvestor Awards 2013. The prestigious HealthInvestor awards recognise innovation in the healthcare sector and celebrate excellence in a wide range of categories from complex care provider of the year to diagnostics provider of the year.

Kent Community Health NHS Trust (KCHT), one of the largest community service providers in the UK employing in the region of 5,400 staff, has selected Advanced Community, a sophisticated community healthcare system from Advanced Health & Care (Advanced). The contract will run for a minimum of three years.

By Julian Osborne, IMS MAXIMS.
The last month saw the major NHS systems' integration and IT services provider, 2e2, go into administration. The company has faced a turbulent time over the last twelve months and there were indications of future trouble.

Healthcare professionals working on mobile devices, such as smart phones and tablets, will now be able to update patient information and record medical tasks at the point of patient contact with the launch of the management workflow solution, TotalMobile, into the UK market.

Leaders across Europe have gathered together in Brussels to demonstrate the key role of connected health technology in improving patient outcomes as well as promoting the local economy. Telemonitoring, a leading example of connected health, was being showcased at the Northern Ireland Connected Health exhibition and conference event.

IMS MAXIMS has announced the appointment of Angela White as the company's first ever medical director. The creation of the new post reflects IMS MAXIMS commitment to ensure that its solutions are developed in a way that supports clinicians and healthcare professionals' needs and requirements.