IBM (NYSE: IBM) has announced new analytics software and services designed to help companies develop and more effectively use intellectual property, scientific literature and molecular data to advance their business. By providing rapid access to worldwide patent data, researchers can tap into one of the most extensive sets of data available to explore new innovations. 
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), through its healthcare IT business, and Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq "MSFT") announced plans to create a joint venture aimed at helping healthcare organizations and professionals use real-time, systemwide intelligence to improve healthcare quality and the patient experience. 
iSOFT, a CSC company, has completed an initial implementation of its e-prescribing and medicines administration solution (ePMA) at the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, under moves to transform patient safety, clinical outcomes and operational performance. 
Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) welcomed the initial results of a home healthcare clinical study published today by the UK's Department of Health. Involving approximately 6,000 patients at three sites across the UK, the two-year study is believed to be the world's largest of its kind to date. 
The Vodafone Americas Foundation and mHealth Alliance announced the last call for submissions for the annual Vodafone Americas Foundation Wireless Innovation Project™ and the mHealth Alliance Award, a competition designed to spark innovation and help solve pressing global issues. Proposals will be accepted through December 31. 
Brenda Courtney, a former nurse and Fellow with the HRB Centre for Primary Care Research with the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, received the IMS MAXIMS sponsored prize for delivering the best paper at the Healthcare Informatics Society of Ireland (HISI) annual conference and scientific symposium.