Opinion Article by Matt O'Donovan, CEO, WiFi SPARK.
Over the past two decades, the NHS has made a big investment in entertainment and communications systems, internet access and WiFi infrastructure.

The first wave came with the installation of bedside terminals that enabled patients to call their loved ones and to watch television without having to wait for a corridor payphone or the ward TV.

On the last day of the working visit of the Minister of the Economy Franz Fayot to Germany, the Luxembourg delegation visited the digital health cluster Medical Valley in Erlangen in Bavaria. The Medical Valley European Metropolitan Region Nuremberg (EMN) is a leading international innovation ecosystem in the field of healthcare management.

NHS Tayside has signed a five-year agreement with smart health tech provider Alcidion to deploy Miya Observations, an electronic monitoring system that will help thousands of busy healthcare professionals as they care for patients.

People in Leicester experiencing an irregular heart rhythm are set to benefit from virtual monitoring thanks to a new innovation at Leicester's Hospitals.

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust has become one of the first in the UK to create a remote monitoring ward for patients with atrial fibrillation.

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today announced the expansion of its medical device cybersecurity services portfolio at HIMSS22. Philips is introducing Secure Remote Access Management Service [1], leveraging the broad set of security capabilities enabled by the integration of SecureLink's critical access management and governance technology with Philips Remote Services' secure connectivity framework for technical and clinical support.

Allscripts Healthcare Solutions (NASDAQ: MDRX) ("Allscripts") has reached an agreement with Constellation Software Inc. (TSX:CSU), through its wholly-owned subsidiary N. Harris Computer Corporation ("Harris"), to sell Harris the net assets of Allscripts Hospitals and Large Physician Practices business segment.

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today announced that it has been included in the Gartner "Market Guide for Digital Health Platform for Healthcare Providers" report [1], as well as the "Competitive Landscape for Digital Health Platforms" [2]. According to Gartner, "by 2024, healthcare providers that have adopted a digital health platform approach will outpace competition and partners by 80% in the speed of digital transformation and new feature implementation."