iMDsoft announced that Helse Nord RHF in Norway has chosen the MetaVision clinical information system for the entire region, for over 2000 beds. Helse Nord RHF is responsible for all public hospitals in northern Norway, and is comprised of 4 health trusts with 12 hospitals.

HP Enterprise Services UK has been selected by Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as prime contractor in a project to improve patient care by enabling an integrated view of patient information.

By Richard Tarring, Commercial Director at Sirona Care and Health Community Interest Company.
Procurement processes and IT deployments in the health service are rarely known for their flexibility or agility. So what happens when you combine a not-for-profit community interest company (CIC) and two innovative UK technology suppliers? The answer for people receiving learning disability and community services in South Gloucestershire is starting to emerge.

Qualcomm Incorporated, through its venture investment group, Qualcomm Ventures, has announced it intends to create a joint investment company with Novartis Pharmaceuticals, a global health care leader, to target early stage companies who offer technologies, products or services that "go beyond the pill" to benefit physicians and patients. The joint investment company will leverage up to $100 million to support selected innovations.

Hospital Marina Salud de Dénia is the first non-U.S. recipient of the prestigious HIMSS Davies Enterprise Award. Recognized by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), Marina Salud is the first Davies winner in Spain, one of the first in Europe to achieve HIMSS Stage 7, and also one of the world’s few hospitals to be deemed fully paperless.

By Dr. Adam Hill, Chief Medical Officer at Sectra.
The NHS spends significant sums on its valuable IT infrastructure. But despite this investment, our health service often fails to embrace the service redesign opportunities this technology presents, with major deployments still often layered onto existing services.

Mental health chiefs in the West Midlands have chosen an e-prescribing system from Ascribe after winning £500K from a government fund to improve patient safety. Ascribe, part of EMIS Group, will provide its Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (ePMA) system to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.