Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) is stepping up its healthcare research into healing environments by opening a dedicated research facility at its Eindhoven-based Research Laboratories.

By Joshua Rowe, CEO of Broomwell Healthwatch.
Imagine that you start to experience unfamiliar chest pains. What would you do? Like most people, you're likely to call or visit your GP surgery and ask for an emergency appointment.

Healthcare IT advisor and integrator Simpl creates a software application development testing framework for Informing Healthcare, the NHS technology programme in Wales. Now in use by a six-strong team, the testing framework refines and improves Informing Healthcare's previous application testing procedures and defines a consistent approach to in-house application testing across the organisation.

NHS Plymouth has partnered with Tunstall to implement a telehealth programme that will support the management of long-term conditions (LTCs) for patients in Plymouth.

At the Journées Françaises de Radiologie (JFR) 2011, Agfa HealthCare is showing its most comprehensive digital radiography portfolio ever. These solutions address a broad diversity of imaging needs, delivering productivity and workflow improvement benefits, combined with very high image quality.

Telemedical ECG testing in GP surgeries could cut hundreds of thousands of unnecessary emergency hospital admissions, A&E attendances and referrals to outpatient clinics, saving the NHS over £120 million each year, according to leading cardiac telemedical service provider Broomwell Healthwatch.

The European medical technology industry association Eucomed launched its 5 year industry strategy report 'Contract for a Healthy Future' in which the association outlines the role industry must play in steering healthcare systems onto a sustainable path.