IBM scientists have developed a flexible, non-contact microfluidic probe made from silicon that can aid researchers and pathologists to investigate critical tissue samples accurately for drug discovery and disease diagnostics. 
COCIR published the results of a survey conducted among European acute care hospitals on the availability, use and investment plans for health information and communication technologies (health
ICTs). This market, worth €2.5 billion in 2010, is estimated to grow moderately to €2.8 billion by 2015. 
Wrightington, Wigan & Leigh (WWL) NHS Foundation Trust turned to healthcare digital signage specialist Saturn to design and deploy a screen network across three sites within an ambitious two week window. 
Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust has selected System C to supply and implement its Medway patient administration and electronic patient record (PAS/EPR) system across the Trust. 
For the first time in the Netherlands, the treatment of a patient with a heart rhythm disorder can be followed via social media. Sharing the experience of a real patient is part of a unique initiative organized by the Catharina Hospital (Eindhoven, The Netherlands) and Philips. 
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has announced the launch of MyAsthma, the UK's first, free personalised health application (app) designed to help people over the age of 12 take greater control of their asthma. 
A new project is underway at Leopardstown Hospital which will help nurses and therapists to keep older people independent for longer. The MAXIMS clinical PAS has already proved a major success among nurses looking after the south Dublin hospital's 170 plus residents