For the first time in the Netherlands, the treatment of a patient with a heart rhythm disorder can be followed via social media. Sharing the experience of a real patient is part of a unique initiative organized by the Catharina Hospital (Eindhoven, The Netherlands) and Philips. 
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has announced the launch of MyAsthma, the UK's first, free personalised health application (app) designed to help people over the age of 12 take greater control of their asthma. 
A new project is underway at Leopardstown Hospital which will help nurses and therapists to keep older people independent for longer. The MAXIMS clinical PAS has already proved a major success among nurses looking after the south Dublin hospital's 170 plus residents 
NHS Oldham and Oldham Council are working in partnership with leading healthcare company Tunstall, providing patients with advanced telehealth solutions that will support them in the management of their long-term conditions. 
Agfa HealthCare announced that its ORBIS HIS/CIS (Hospital Information System/Clinical Information System) will replace the existing, 25-year old HIS/CIS at Kliniken des Landkreises Göppingen GmbH in Germany. Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) and the VU University Medical Center Amsterdam (the Netherlands) have signed an agreement to install one of Philips' highly innovative Ingenuity TF PET/MR (Time-of-Flight Positron Emission Tomography/Magnetic Resonance) scanners at the center.