Elsevier, the leading global publisher of scientific, technical, and medical information products and services, announced today the acquisition of assets from Collexis Holdings, Inc., a leading developer of semantic technology and knowledge discovery software.

NHS North Yorkshire and York unveiled plans to purchase a further 2,000 Telehealth systems to support patients living with long term health conditions in the area - making it the largest scale Telehealth programme in the UK.

Research from a global survey by BridgeHead Software, the Healthcare Storage Virtualization (HSV) company, has revealed that medical images, scanned documents, email and advances towards the Electronic Patient Record are the likely causes for the upsurge in healthcare data that is already challenging hospitals and set to grow further in the foreseeable future.

CSAM, the Norwegian based specialist developers of interoperable clinical software solutions, has targeted the UK healthcare market at a critical time. With budgets under pressure and NHS Trusts tackling a number of UK Government policy initiatives, the CSAM solutions have been designed to specifically deliver against the current shift in NHS strategies to 'connect all, not replace all'.

Already with a significant presence, Sentient Health plans to extend its reach across the UK healthcare market helping more NHS trusts and other healthcare providers to tackle Government policy initiatives such as the Department of Health's quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) agenda and the Operational Efficiency Programme.

The Ministry of Health (MOH) of the Republic of Kazakhstan has signed a contract for consultants' services with the Australian company Ocean Informatics Pty Ltd. within the framework of the World Bank-supported Kazakhstan Health Technology Transfer and Institutional Reform Project.

Sanjiv Agarwal, CEO of teleradiology specialist 4 Ways Healthcare explains how teleradiology can help reduce the costs of radiology whilst improve working practice and patient care, helping Trusts avoid penalties.