A new report calls on the Department of Health to strengthen its efforts to encourage data sharing in the NHS. Paul Cooper, IMS MAXIMS Head of Research, co-authored 'We Should Talk: Interoperability and the NHS', on behalf of Intellect, the trade association representing the UK's IT, electronics and telecoms industries. 
Red Herring announced that Cetrea A/S has been selected as a candidate for Red Herring's 2011 Top 100 Global award, a prestigious recognition honoring the year's most audacious and far reaching private technology companies and entrepreneurs from across the globe. 
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, one of the largest hospitals in the country, has successfully deployed System C's Medway Maternity software to handle over 10,000 births a year. 
Royal Philips (AEX: PHI, NYSE: PHG) launches a personal App for iPad 2 that measures your heart rate and breathing rate remotely, simply by using the iPad 2 camera. This breakthrough technology allows people to measure heart and breathing rates in an easy and unobtrusive way at home*. 
GE Healthcare Life Sciences announced that voting for the 2011 IN Cell Analyzer Image Competition is now open. Both scientists and the wider public are invited to choose their favourite from 30 shortlisted images submitted by researchers worldwide. 
InterSystems announced that Mater Private Hospital has implemented InterSystems Ensemble® in its key hospital departments to help reduce its IT costs. Its plan is to use integration to assist with the consolidation of patient records, 
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust recouped its investment in patient kiosks from iSOFT, a CSC company, in under four months, after the system helped it meet a smoking cessation referral target and so secure an extra £120,000 in funding from South East Coast Strategic Health Authority.