Regionale Kliniken Holding Ludwigsburg, Germany, Aims to Expand its Role as a Major Healthcare Provider with Agfa HealthCare DR
Agfa HealthCare announces that it has signed a four-year framework contract to supply digital imaging solutions to Regionale Kliniken Holding (RKH) Ludwigsburg, in Germany. This group currently includes eight acute care facilities, an orthopedic clinic and a geriatric rehabilitation clinic, all providing healthcare services to the counties of Ludwigsburg, Enzkreis and Karlsruhe. 
Opinion Article by Chris Scarisbrick, Sectra UK & Ireland.
The agreement from 2012 which saw Carestream appoint Tromp Medical as Business Partner to act as distributor of Carestream Digital X-ray Products, covering sales and service across the Netherlands, has now been extended to cover Belgium and Luxembourg. 
The EU-funded FICHe accelerator is joining Health 2.0 Euope 2016 as a pavilion exhibitor. All 20 FICHe finalist will show their demo at the exhibition floor, some of them will pitch in front of investors, others will present on the main stage. Meet 20 FICHe finalist startups and many more key stakeholders in digital health. 
Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) today announced the appointment of Jean Botti as Chief Innovation and Strategy Officer as part of the company's strategy to capture a larger portion of the HealthTech opportunities. 
Hearst Health International announced that OptimiseRx has become the first solution to be procured by a federation of five London Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) under a new procurement framework from NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS). 
An award-winning GP practice in Gateshead has halved A&E visits for frail elderly patients using joined-up technology from EMIS Health. Oxford Terrace and Rawling Road Medical Group (OTMG-RR), is using personalised care planning and shared records via EMIS Web to enable their complex care team to care for those at risk of hospital admission.