Creating rapid, secure access to imaging data by on-site and off-site users is a major goal of informatics professionals attending the SIIM (Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine) conference held this year from May 28-30. 
Agfa HealthCare and Nuance Communications, Inc. have announced the integration of the newest version of Nuance's speech recognition software - 360 | SpeechAnywhere Services - in the ORBIS clinical information system (CIS). 
Denmark emerges as the number one country to start an mHealth business according to a survey conducted by research2guidance in partnership with HIMSS Europe. Over 5000 app developers, healthcare professionals and mHealth practitioners took part in the "European mHealth App Market Ranking" survey, where participants were asked to rank the mHealth App market readiness of the 28 EU member states. 
Allscripts (Nasdaq:MDRX) is pleased to announce East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust and Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust have each signed an agreement to deploy Allscripts PASTM. 
Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) and Academic Medical Center (AMC) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, have announced their collaboration in a European multi-center clinical study to investigate a new diagnostic technique targeting immediate assessment of the results of a minimally-invasive treatment for diabetic foot and critical limb ischemia. 
iMDsoft announced that Västerbotten County Council in Sweden has chosen the MetaVision clinical information system for all their critical care departments. The council, which is comprised of Norrland University Hospital in Umeå, Lycksele Hospital, and Skellefteå Hospital, will install MetaVision in 160 beds, including NICUs, ICUs, CTICUs, intermediate care units, ORs and PACUs.