HIMSS Europe has launched the nomination process for the HIMSS Europe eHealth Leadership Award, which recognises an individual who, in the judgment of the HIMSS Europe Governing Council, has demonstrated significant leadership in promoting the use of information technology in healthcare in Europe[1]. 
InterSystems, a global leader in software for connected care, announced that NHS Wales has successfully completed the first phase of the national roll out of InterSystems TrakCare® Lab, a comprehensive, multidisciplinary laboratory information management system (LIMS). The first phase of the implementation, covering all four labs in the Hywel Dda Health Board, is a major step in one of the largest and most complex pathology modernisation programmes in the western health economy. 
CompuGroup Medical AG, one of the leading global providers of eHealth solutions, has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of Imagine Editions and Imagine Assistance, both based in Soulac Sur Mer (France). Through this acquisition the amount of doctors operating with CGM software products doubles to 40.000. 
By Dr Joel Ratnasothy, Medical Director EMEA for Caradigm.
Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) today kicked off celebrations of the one hundredth anniversary of Philips Research at a special stakeholder event in Eindhoven. Since the development of its first light bulb, the company is focusing on innovations that matter to people, such as technologies that will make healthcare more affordable and accessible, energy-efficient LED lighting solutions that will improve people's wellbeing and make the world more sustainable, as well as locally relevant consumer appliances and services. Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in respiratory care, has signed an agreement with Aerogen Ltd, a privately owned respiratory drug delivery company headquartered in Galway, Ireland. The agreement includes a technology license and the acquisition of select assets solely related to Aerogen's home-care business.