Frontline doctors and nurses should be able to use electronic observations technology to help with the urgent identification and treatment of sepsis that has today been called for by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Patientrack has said.

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) has announced the successful start of a long-term strategic partnership with Servicio Andaluz de Salud (Andalusian Health Service, Spain). The partnership, which includes an eight year, EUR 77 million managed equipment services agreement, will make the newly built Clinical Hospital at the Granada Health Science Technological Park (PTS) the most technologically advanced health center serving patients in the Andalusia region of Spain.

NHS Grampian is harnessing the power of InterSystems TrakCare®, a unified healthcare information system, to improve health outcomes for the 45,000 people who live in Shetland and Orkney. Hosted by NHS Grampian, but available to clinicians across the region, the seamless exchange of patient data will support quicker decision-making and enable more flexible ways of working that will benefit patients through better diagnosis, treatment and care.

NHS Fife has won a prestigious digital health award after frontline doctors and nurses have delivered rapid improvements in patient safety by harnessing an early warning technology known as Patientrack.

Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust (the Trust) has awarded Siemens Healthineers a cooperation contract worth around €50 million. The Trust is an integrated care organization which is responsible for the care of 530,000 local people in the midwest of UK.

One the world's largest organisations for events, conferences and publishing has appointed Highland Marketing to manage communications at EHI Live 2016. Now in its 9th year, EHI Live will see thousands of healthcare professionals descend on the NEC Birmingham on 1st and 2nd November, to understand how technological advances can help save more lives and save billions of pounds to keep the NHS sustainable.

Dutch hospital Admiraal De Ruyter Ziekenhuis (ADRZ), based in Goes, and Siemens Healthineers have signed an agreement to build and supply equipment for six operating theaters, including a hybrid OR. Siemens will build the new building complex with its partner companies Engie and Jan Snel.