Cerner Corporation (Nasdaq: CERN) and Siemens AG have signed a definitive agreement for Cerner to acquire the assets of Siemens' health information technology business unit, Siemens Health Services, for $1.3 billion in cash. By combining investments in R&D, knowledgeable resources, and complementary client bases, the acquisition creates scale for future innovation. 
The Mid-Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, consisting of Pinderfields, Pontefract and Dewsbury and District Hospitals, has installed six CARESTREAM DRX-Revolution Mobile X-Ray Systems to help provide rapid access to high-resolution X-ray images for improved patient care. 
Siemens Healthcare plans to divest its hospital information system business (HS) for US$ 1.3 billion (around €963 million) in cash to the US-based company Cerner Corp. The HS business is focused on administrative hospital IT and electronic patient records, thus different from information technology that enhances the capabilities of imaging modalities and laboratory equipment. 
Leading software provider, Advanced Health & Care (Advanced) has won a major contract with Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (the Trust), one of the UK's largest mental health trusts, following a formal tendering process. 
An overwhelming majority of the British public - 85% - want any healthcare professional treating them to have secure electronic access to key data from the GP record, according to new research from YouGov. The majority of these believe this would: