Agfa HealthCare has successfully implemented both its XERO Technology Viewer and IMPAX HeartStation ECG (Electronic Electro-Cardiograms) management system at Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Birmingham Children's Hospital, currently celebrating its 150th birthday, treats around 240,000 sick children each year from across the UK.

Siemens Healthcare introduces syngo Ultrasound Breast Analysis, a software application for offline review of images, volumes and clips produced with the Acuson S2000 Automated Breast Volume Scanner (ABVS) and the Acuson S2000 ultrasound system. The software offers comprehensive image processing and reporting tools designed to improve breast ultrasound quality and workflow.

By Kurt Long, Founder and CEO of FairWarning, Inc.
The modern NHS stands at the threshold of a major opportunity to transform patient services through the innovative application of healthcare technologies. In fact current efforts to integrate health and social care provide a powerful catalyst to ensure that the NHS maintains its global reputation as a provider of world-class healthcare, and the ambitions laid out in the UK Government's recent Information Strategy are a great example of this.

Patient's current and historical records, sourced across multiple clinical IT systems, can now be accessed via a new web-based solution called CareInform. Developed by Stalis, a provider of 'end to end' data and resource management solutions, it offers users across all health and social care settings a complete long-term view of a patient's health conditions and treatments based on a single integrated repository.

EyeBrain, a company that develops brain function markers for neurological and psychiatric conditions, announces the launch of a new application to measure eye movement disorders in children when reading. This new medical software, known as "Reading Application", enables specialists to automatically and quickly assess eye movement parameters in their patients when reading and in particular pinpoint disorders affecting the control of both eyes.

InterSystems, a global leader in software for connected care, announced that Beckman Coulter, one of the world's leading manufacturers of clinical diagnostic equipment, is using InterSystems Ensemble® to improve the way samples are processed in hospital laboratories around the UK. Ensemble is a platform for the rapid integration and development of connectable applications.

Royal Philips Electronics (AEX: PHIA, NYSE: PHG) announced the release of CarePartners Mobile, a new mobile app designed to help family caregivers coordinate the support they provide their loved ones. The free app, which is available for iPhone and Android, streamlines care coordination, enabling caregivers to: