How Open Source Electronic Patient Records Deliver Better Software
The clinical and business benefits of the use of open source software in the NHS have been laid out in full in a challenging white paper from healthcare software pioneer IMS MAXIMS. The firm's research director Paul Cooper has dispelled the myths surrounding open source software for the NHS and other healthcare providers by showing how its use can lead to greater clinical engagement, more flexible development, and greater value for money. 
Philips reports Q2 comparable sales growth of 3% to EUR 6 billion and operational results of EUR 501 million. Healthcare comparable sales grew 8% year-on-year. Excluding restructuring and acquisition-related charges and other items, EBITA margin increased by 20 basis points to 10.7% as strong operational improvements were largely offset by a significant negative currency impact. 
The FICHe eHealth accelerator has announced the 20 companies that will enter the third and final phase of the program. The final phase will be a 7-month mentorship period and each company will receive up to € 152.000 in working capital. 
40 years after the launch of its first series model, Siretom, Siemens Healthcare is looking back on the successful development of its computed tomography division with a ceremony held at the Siemens MedMuseum in Erlangen, Germany. With innovations such as Spiral, Multislice, and most recently Dual Source technology, Siemens has been driving the CT market and clinical diagnostics for decades. 
Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust is delivering vital discharge information to GPs within hours instead of weeks, thanks to a successful electronic record-sharing initiative powered by EMIS Health. Using the Correspondence Hub solution, which enables digital delivery of previously manual correspondence, the Trust is already speeding up the delivery of documents, including discharge letters, which used to take two weeks to reach GPs. 
NantHealth, a subsidiary of NantWorks, LLC, a high speed secure cloud-based information technology provider combining genomic science and big data to transform healthcare, has completed the acquisition of Harris Corporation's (NYSE:HRS) commercial Healthcare Solutions (HCS) business, a clinical systems integration innovator.