MEP Françoise GROSSETETE and Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis Welcome COCIR's Call for Action to Achieve Sustainable Healthcare Systems
During the launch of the Call for Action, hosted by Françoise Grossetête MEP, Vice President of the EPP Group, in the European Parliament on 2 February, Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis welcomed COCIR's Call for Action, emphasising that "the time for action to improve health across the EU is now." COCIR set out its aspirations for the EU institutions in its recommendations for how to move towards sustainable healthcare systems. 
A technology best known for bringing animated characters to life in games and films is changing how human movement is studied in research and industry. The new MVN Biomech system from Dutch technology innovator Xsens transforms 3D human motion tracking into a wearable technology that can be used on production lines, sports fields, in vehicles and aircraft, in the home or any location where human body movement needs to be analysed with high accuracy. 
To help life sciences organizations overcome marketing challenges and implement modern marketing technology that enhances customer and patient engagement, Oracle has unveiled Oracle Marketing Cloud's new life sciences consumer and patient solution. 
The NHS' open source movement has reached a major milestone with the official launch of the openMAXIMS community interest company (CIC). This will guide the development of an open source electronic patient record system for the NHS. 
Agfa HealthCare announces that it will realize a cloud and data center solution for the Azienda Ospedaliera di Perugia, in Umbria, Italy. The agreement is part of a move by the hospital and other healthcare sites in the region to digitize and computerize the processing and storage of images and reports, and to bring them into a single repository. 
HIMSS Europe has launched the nomination process for the HIMSS Europe eHealth Leadership Award, which recognises an individual who, in the judgment of the HIMSS Europe Governing Council, has demonstrated significant leadership in promoting the use of information technology in healthcare in Europe. 
Carestream Health has earned top ratings from healthcare IT and radiology professionals across the globe for its CARESTREAM Vue PACS as reported by KLAS, an independent research organisation that monitors healthcare vendor performance.