Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust (FT) is one of 12 trusts that has been named by Government as a Global Digital Exemplar in the NHS. The trust will receive up to £10 million of funding over the next two years to pioneer digital excellence and share best practice. 
Allscripts (NASDAQ:MDRX) announced today its latest initiative to improve population health, Allscripts eRecruitTM services. This multi-faceted initiative will offer services and technology to support physicians with referring patients to clinical trials, and life sciences and clinical research organizations to reduce clinical studies' time and cost. This, in turn will help bring new treatments to the market more quickly. 
UniHA, a cooperative network purchasing group comprised of French public hospitals, announced that MetaVision by iMDsoft is their clinical information system of choice for critical care. After an extensive evaluation process, UniHA decided that MetaVision was the best fit for their needs. 
Based on its recent analysis of the North American healthcare market and the migration to electronic medical records and digital information that utilizes advanced IT capabilities, global consulting and research firm Frost & Sullivan recognizes the North American division of Ascom, the leading global healthcare information and communication technology (ICT) provider, with the 2016 Best Practices Award for Nurse Workflow Solutions. 
GovNet Exhibitions has appointed Highland Marketing as its official partner to manage communications for the newly launched UK Health Show 2016. The show will bring together over 4,000 senior healthcare professionals and decision makers to Olympia London, on the 28th September, to help the NHS and the wider sector promote and improve service delivery for better healthcare outcomes across the UK. 
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has launched the Allscripts (NASDAQ: MDRX) Sunrise solution as the foundation for its new health information system. The organisation selected the Allscripts Sunrise platform in late 2015 and completed the deployment of the solution in only eight months - an unprecedented accomplishment for such an implementation. 
Fitbit, Inc. (NYSE:FIT), the leader in the connected health and fitness category, has announced the opening of its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) headquarters in Dublin, Ireland and appointed a new Managing Director, Des Power.