Tunstall Healthcare, the leading provider of telehealthcare solutions, has been named Telehealth/Telecare provider of the year 2012 for the second consecutive year at this year's HealthInvestor Awards, which were held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. 
Anoto, creator of the digital pen and paper technology, today announces that its partner Longhand Data Ltd has acquired TELER, a company specialising in scientific measurement of healthcare outcomes. Following the acquisition, Longhand Data has integrated TELER with its digital pen and paper technology solution, to produce a real-time, online electronic patient record system which now allows clinicians to record and track patient measured outcomes in a range of healthcare disciplines. Milton Keynes Council and Milton Keynes Community Health Services (PCT) are working with leading provider Tunstall Healthcare to provide integrated telehealthcare support to local people living with COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease). Results show that 79% of end users and 88% of carers experienced major benefits from taking part in the programme, and 168 hospital admissions and 85 GP visits were avoided. 
Every minute-and-a-half in the U.S., and every 45 seconds in Europe, a person dies as a result of a sudden cardiac arrest (1,2) - if you witnessed a cardiac arrest, what would you do? Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) has launched the Save Lives website, an online campaign to inform people across the world about sudden cardiac arrest and to empower them to act. 
FairWarning®, the inventor and global leader in patient privacy monitoring solutions, has published a security white paper entitled Make or Break - Digital Healthcare and Privacy Reach the Tipping Point. Drawing from the experience of its customers in who represent over 800 hospitals and 2,500 clinics across the UK, USA, Canada and Europe, as well as detailed research, the paper provides an incisive perspective on NHS privacy and security and details its importance in the future of patient care. 
General Electric Co. (NYSE "GE"), through its healthcare IT business, and Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq "MSFT") announced they have completed the formation of Caradigm™, a 50-50 joint venture aimed at enabling health systems and professionals to use real-time, organization-wide intelligence to improve healthcare quality and the patient experience.