Health Minister Jeremy Hunt MP has announced that 100,000 people across the country are set to benefit from telehealth as he set out his vision for improving the lives of people with long-term conditions at an Age UK conference. 
Supported by positive currency effects, Agfa HealthCare's revenue increased by 11.2 percent to 297 million Euro. The digital radiography business (consisting of Computed Radiography and Direct Radiography) performed well, adding to the continued growth of the IT segment. Compared to the very weak third quarter of 2011, film volumes also increased. 
Lorenzo will change the way the trust keeps patient records from being largely paper-based to a brand new electronic health record - a major step forward for patient safety. The system gives the staff treating a patient access to constantly updated information wherever and whenever it is needed, regardless of which of the Trust's hospitals they are in. Agfa HealthCare announces that on September 12, 2012, it signed an agreement with Máxima Medisch Centrum in the Netherlands to upgrade its Radiology Information System (RIS) and Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) with a solution that extends to cardiology and nuclear medicine. 
Anoto Group, the creator of Digital Pen and Paper technology, announced that its flexible and easy-to-use mobile solutions are being adopted by a wide range of healthcare organisations throughout the globe to provide instant access to information. 
NHS acute trusts in England will be spending around £800m a year on IT in four years time, as they respond to the end of the National Programme for IT in the NHS and other pressures, new research shows. The 'Market by numbers' report from EHI Intelligence launched at EHI Live 2012, reveals that total IT spend in this sector will increase by 4.2% in 2012 - 2013, despite overall trust budgets remaining flat. Agfa HealthCare announced participation in the EMC Select program, enabling customers to purchase Agfa HealthCare's industry-leading ICIS solution through EMC Select. With the growing need to provide enterprise-wide access to all images, regardless of where created or stored, healthcare organizations can now leverage Agfa HealthCare's enterprise imaging and clinical workflow solutions with EMC Atmos®, EMC Isilon®, EMC VNX® and EMC VMAX® arrays.