Established NHS Chief Executive and Former Clinician Appointed Chief Medical Officer at Healthcare Technology Provider
Sir Jonathan Michael, a distinguished clinician and former chief executive of three NHS trusts is to be appointed as chief medical officer (CMO) of 6PM, a provider of clinical workflow, healthcare logistics and information management software solutions during October 2015. Sir Jonathan has had a long and varied career, working for many years as a consultant nephrologist before moving into hospital management. 
Opinion Article by Professor Michael Thick, Chief Clinical Officer at IMS MAXIMS.
Agfa HealthCare will demonstrate the company's focus on "Innovating Visual Healthcare" at RSNA 2015, being held from November 29-December 4 in Chicago, Illinois (USA). Building on its 100+ years of experience, Agfa HealthCare develops innovations that offer the ease of use customers need to maximize the potential of the solutions, with designs that keep the clinical user and patient in mind. 
Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) today announced the first in a series of personal health programs that empower consumers to take greater control of their health. Each health program comprises connected health measurement devices, an app-based personalized program and secure, cloud-based data analysis. 
Sanofi and the life sciences team at Google are collaborating to improve care and outcomes for people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. The collaboration will pair Sanofi's leadership in diabetes treatments and devices with Google's expertise in analytics, miniaturized electronics and low power chip design. 
The digital version of the Personal Child Health Record, eRedbook, will soon become available for parents and health professionals in the London region. A number of NHS Trusts will start implementing the eRedbook service before the new year in order to meet their CQUIN objectives, moving towards giving parents a complete record of their child's health.