Opinion Article: The UK's Opportunity to Take a Lead
By Kurt Long, Founder and CEO of FairWarning, Inc.The modern NHS stands at the threshold of a major opportunity to transform patient services through the innovative application of healthcare technologies. In fact current efforts to integrate health and social care provide a powerful catalyst to ensure that the NHS maintains its global reputation as a provider of world-class healthcare, and the ambitions laid out in the UK Government's recent Information Strategy are a great example of this.
InterSystems, a global leader in software for connected care, announced that Beckman Coulter, one of the world's leading manufacturers of clinical diagnostic equipment, is using InterSystems Ensemble® to improve the way samples are processed in hospital laboratories around the UK. Ensemble is a platform for the rapid integration and development of connectable applications. 
Royal Philips Electronics (AEX: PHIA, NYSE: PHG) announced the release of CarePartners Mobile, a new mobile app designed to help family caregivers coordinate the support they provide their loved ones. The free app, which is available for iPhone and Android, streamlines care coordination, enabling caregivers to: 
By Elena Bonfiglioli, Senior Director for Health, Public Sector EMEA.
IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced new software to help organizations bring intelligence to the products, systems and applications people use everyday. From creation to development and delivery, the new software simplifies the entire process enabling organizations to reduce costs, address compliance and regulatory requirements and ultimately get innovative products to market quickly.