Supported by positive currency effects, Agfa HealthCare posted solid double digit revenue growth. In the Imaging segment's digital radiography business (consisting of Computed Radiography (CR), Direct Radiography (DR) and the hardcopy business), the DR product range continued to grow strongly, while the hardcopy product range also performed well. Furthermore, the IT segment posted considerable revenue growth.

North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust has selected BridgeHead Software's Independent Clinical Archive, HealthStore™, also referred to as a next generation Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA), to assist it in the long-term storage, protection and sharing of radiology images following its exit from the National Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) contracts.

11health, a British medical technology business, has completed a new round of funding, raising a total of £775,000 from six angel investors, on top of the initial funding round of £500,000. This brings the total funding to over £1.25 million. This round of funding enables the business to extend the management team and more effectively pursue an aggressive sales and marketing strategy in the UK and the US.

The NHS in Scotland is saving millions of pounds after the widespread implementation of a new system between hospitals and GP surgeries that is improving patient safety, cutting costs, allowing seamless communication and enabling better, faster care for patients throughout the country.

Agfa HealthCare announces that at the congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 2015 in London, it will present its consolidated strategy for Enterprise Imaging for Cardiology. The company will demonstrate how this strategy offers a value-based care solution that provides access to clinically relevant cardiology data that are spread across the care continuum;

Three Scottish councils have each been awarded grant funding from Tunstall Healthcare to enable them to create projects of their choosing, all of which are designed to benefit their local communities.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) has announced that Watson will gain the ability to "see" by bringing together Watson's advanced image analytics and cognitive capabilities with data and images obtained from Merge Healthcare Incorporated's (NASDAQ: MRGE) medical imaging management platform.