A pharmacy and GP surgery in a deprived part of East London have successfully trialled a new integrated repeat medications service from two leading healthcare IT providers. Developers at Rx Systems and EMIS created new links between Rx Systems' ProScript® and EMIS GP software to enable the two systems to talk to each other about patients' repeat medication and exchange information directly.

Today, the health sector faces new challenges, from the ageing of the population to the increase in chronic illnesses, the growing shortage of healthcare staff and the reorganization of health systems around the world. To help traditional health systems to evolve, Orange has been working for the past 10 years to pave the way for new solutions in the e-health field, thanks to the strong level of innovation within its teams.

Tech savvy, well-informed baby boomers - "the power of the crowd" - will drive the adoption of ehealth, according to a new report from KPMG International. The report is based on in-depth interviews with ehealth executives representing 15 countries, as well as insights from KPMG's global healthcare partners.

FairWarning, Inc., the inventor and world's leading supplier of cross-platform solutions that monitor and protect patient privacy in Electronic Health Records, announced HCA International has selected FairWarning® Privacy Breach Detection to enhance their patients' privacy.

The announcement of Dame Fiona Caldicott's independent review into the protection of patient data has been welcomed as a critical opportunity for the NHS. FairWarning Inc, a global expert in the detection and prevention of electronic health record (EHR) data breaches, believes it could help lay the foundations for secure and trusted electronic healthcare, which will enable better patient outcomes.

Aperio, the leading provider of digital pathology systems, announced a strategic collaboration with Dell to create the world's first scalable, secure medical cloud network for Pathology.

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, will issue an additional 15 million second-generation eHealth cards ("eGK", elektronische Gesundheitskarte) to AOK in 2012. AOK (Allgemeine Ortskrankenkasse), the Health Insurance Fund, looks after around 25 million people, approximately one third of the population in Germany.