The passing of the Health and Social Care Act has given fresh urgency to patient data security issues according to FairWarning Inc - the global leader in breach monitoring and detection. The changing shape of the NHS, with extended lines of communication from healthcare organisations through to social care providers, while potentially promising more integrated care, creates additional security risks.

The Hospital de Dénia is the first Spanish hospital, and the second one in Europe, achieving Stage 7 of the HIMSS, the highest certification on implementing its electronic medical record; crediting it as one hundred percent digital.

Isansys Lifecare Limited, the provider of complete real-time physiological patient data services and systems, announced the introduction of its Patient Status Engine™ - the first cloud-based patient digitization and analytic solution for monitoring and predicting the present and future clinical status of patients anytime, anywhere.

Motion Computing® a leading global provider of tablet PCs and supporting mobility solutions, announced that the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust has been awarded its Excellence in Mobile Point of Care Award - Europe.

A new electronic records system donated by IMS MAXIMS is helping a charity with its highly valued work to support people with cancer and their families. CancerCare, which serves North Lancashire and South Lakeland, is a vital source of advice and information - also providing complementary therapies to improve people's quality of life at a time of stress and worry.

Allowing transplant patients to leave the hospital early and recover at home is now possible. ISMETT has launched a telehealth monitoring project for 30 Sicilian liver transplant patients during the post-transplant follow-up period.

Ascribe announced the order of their electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (ePMA) solution by East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust ("East Lancashire"), together with Business Change Consultancy services to assist with associated cultural, IT and process changes designed to improve patient safety and increase operational performance.