The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has become the first NHS trust to install the e-prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) solution from iSOFT, a CSC company, after an initial implementation at The Royal Oldham Hospital, under plans to transform and improve patient safety and clinical outcomes across the trust. 
InterSystems announced that Jayex Technology Ltd has selected InterSystems Ensemble® to connect their patient self-service kiosks to existing systems in NHS and private hospitals and clinics. 
A new report calls on the Department of Health to strengthen its efforts to encourage data sharing in the NHS. Paul Cooper, IMS MAXIMS Head of Research, co-authored 'We Should Talk: Interoperability and the NHS', on behalf of Intellect, the trade association representing the UK's IT, electronics and telecoms industries. 
Red Herring announced that Cetrea A/S has been selected as a candidate for Red Herring's 2011 Top 100 Global award, a prestigious recognition honoring the year's most audacious and far reaching private technology companies and entrepreneurs from across the globe. 
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, one of the largest hospitals in the country, has successfully deployed System C's Medway Maternity software to handle over 10,000 births a year. 
Royal Philips (AEX: PHI, NYSE: PHG) launches a personal App for iPad 2 that measures your heart rate and breathing rate remotely, simply by using the iPad 2 camera. This breakthrough technology allows people to measure heart and breathing rates in an easy and unobtrusive way at home*. 
GE Healthcare Life Sciences announced that voting for the 2011 IN Cell Analyzer Image Competition is now open. Both scientists and the wider public are invited to choose their favourite from 30 shortlisted images submitted by researchers worldwide.