Headline sponsor, Harris Healthcare is getting behind the government's commitment to actively support better joint working and integrated care across the NHS at this year's Commissioning Show. The show's headline sponsors, will use the conference and exhibition being held at the Excel, London on 12th and 13th June 2013,

Agfa HealthCare has signed a 5-year contract with University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) to replace the hospital's current picture archiving and communication system (PACS), with Agfa HealthCare's IMPAX solution.

BridgeHead Software has announced that UPMC Beacon Hospital, the South Dublin based hospital providing world-care services, has implemented its integrated backup solution to provide complete protection for all of the data within its MEDITECH Health Care Information System (HCIS).

Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust has announced its intention to implement CSC's Lorenzo EPR as part of a new agreement between the company and the Department of Health. Lorenzo will help the Trust to eliminate paper records, facilitate agile working, support collaborative working and share information more effectively between clinical staff.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) has announced new social business software to help enterprise clients collaborate easily and securely in the cloud using the broadest range of mobile devices. The new IBM SmartCloud services include new social networking features and the release of IBM SmartCloud Docs, a cloud-based office productivity suite, which allows users to simultaneously collaborate on word processing, spreadsheet and presentation documents to improve productivity.

On the evening of January 24th, mHealth professionals in Europe will gather in Brussels to launch mHIMSS Europe, and present the second annual mHealth symposium at eHealth Week 2013. mHIMSS Europe, HIMSS new membership organisation, will gather healthcare professionals, mHealth application developers and industry stakeholders to establish best practices and advance the use of mobile applications and services in healthcare.

Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) has announced Philips Lifeline GoSafe, a new mobile personal emergency response system (PERs), designed to help seniors get more out of life. Philips' latest innovation provides a unique combination of fall detection capabilities along with a suite of locating technologies and two-way cellular voice communication to help provide users the confidence to continue doing the activities they enjoy knowing they have access to help if they need it.