17 UK companies which are at the centre of cutting-edge solutions within the assistive technologies industry will be exhibiting their products on the UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) sponsored Pavilion at REHACARE 2012 in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Advanced Health & Care (Advanced), a leading provider of IT management systems for the health and care sectors, has achieved the ITK (Interoperability Toolkit) accreditation from the Department of Health (DH). Advanced gained the accreditation for its leading clinical patient management system, Adastra.

HFMA and Net.Orange have announced a partnership to assist health economies in the UK implement an integrated care delivery model. The partnership will provide critical advisory services and technology to help commissioning and provider organisations in the NHS to improve health outcomes, reduce acute care dependency (e.g. reducing readmissions) and realise financial and productivity gains.

FairWarning®, the inventor and global leader in patient privacy monitoring solutions, has written an open letter to Dame Fiona Caldicott in response to the consultation process for her Information Governance Review. The letter argues that until it becomes mandatory for trusts to build patient privacy into NHS IT systems, the ever-present risk of major data breaches will remain - and the full patient benefits of electronic based healthcare will not be realised.

By Shane Tickell, CEO, IMS MAXIMS.
As an acceptance grows across the NHS that there is a crucial need for integration across health and social care, the extent to which our National Health Service is disjointed is becoming increasingly clear.

The internationally escalating pressure of costs, pricing and competition, growing regulatory requirements, scarce expert capacities and the strong Franc leave the Swiss medical technology sector faced with enormous challenges. Valuable parts of the supply chain threaten to migrate out of Switzerland. The Swiss Medical Technology Industry 2012 report reveals where the journey leads.

A new report from Housing LIN has been published today, focusing on the role of assisted living technology within general needs housing. The report is the second in a series of Board Assurance Prompts (BAPs) aimed at leaders and decision makers that are responsible for the management of general housing schemes.