iPLATO, the leader in mHealth and Analytics, announced today that it has enrolled 40 GP practices in its 'beta' service for Friends & Family Testing (FFT) between mid-August and the first week of September. New rules mean that GP practices in England must start capturing patient feedback on their performance, in a similar scheme to that used by Hospitals. 
By Andy Clegg, Clinical Consultant, Orion Health
Agfa HealthCare announced that the Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust's main hospital - North Devon District Hospital - as well as eight of its community hospitals have replaced their existing digital radiography systems, with Agfa HealthCare CR 30-X and DX-G CR solutions, including MUSICA image processing-enabled workstations and image processing. 
Carestream has become a sponsor of the MUST Research Project to take place during the 2014 Tor des Géants Endurance Trail Race held between 7-14 September in Italy. Carestream will supply image management and archiving services from its cloud-based Vue PACS platform for the MRI mobile unit to be used by the project's researchers and physiologists, both at the base camp during the race and from scientists' home locations after the race. 
Under the motto "More cardiology, less heartache", Siemens showcases its latest news in cardiology at the congress of the European Society for Cardiology in Barcelona, Spain. These are applications designed for a more precise diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases in computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and molecular imaging as well as the universal angiography system Artis one with premium features for cardiology. 
Advanced Health & Care (Advanced) has announces extended, mobile functionality for Caresys, the company's widely used care home management software. Caresys Mobile will now be accessible via tablet computers, allowing care workers to evidence care provision at the point of delivery within the care home environment, as they carry out their day-to-day duties. 
Google has announced Google Fit: an open platform for developers to more easily build fitness apps. According to the official blog post, Google Fit provides a single set of APIs for apps and device manufacturers to store and access activity data from fitness apps and sensors on Android and other devices (like wearables, heart rate monitors or connected scales).