In an effort to combat the high number of unnecessary deaths during pregnancy and childbirth, Intel and the United Nations agency, announced a joint commitment to strengthen the skills of midwives and community health workers through technology and training materials from the two organizations. 
First Databank (FDB) has become the first drug knowledge base and clinical decision support provider to be awarded accreditation by NICE's Accreditation Programme. 
Advanced Health & Care (Advanced) announced the launch of 'Advanced Community'. This is the first system designed specifically for community healthcare that has mobile working at its core. 
Ascribe announced that Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have ordered Ascribe's Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (ePMA) solution. The Trust has successfully used Ascribe's Web Pharmacy Solution for some time; 
CompuGroup Medical signed a contract to purchase all shares in Effepieffe srl. via its Italian subsidiary CompuGroup Medical Italia spa. The company counts around 8,000 general practitioners as its customers and ranks number three in the provision of ambulatory information systems in Italy. 
InterSystems Corporation, a global leader in software for connected care, announced that InterSystems HealthShare™ has been chosen to support health information exchange (HIE) throughout Denmark.