Oracle announced that its portfolio of Oracle Health Sciences Cloud Applications will be powered by the next-generation Oracle® Health Sciences Cloud, a scalable and secure software-as-a-service delivery platform tailored for the specific requirements and regulations of the health sciences market.

The Siemens sector Healthcare has developed the consulting model "Act on Radiology" to help improve workflows in radiology departments. Based on models for industry processes, an expert team from Siemens evaluates the maturity level of clinical processes in a hospital radiology department or radiology practice.

Tunstall, the world's leading provider of telehealthcare solutions, has been named HealthInvestor's Telehealth/Telecare provider of the year at its 2011 awards ceremony, against stiff competition from five other shortlisted providers.

Staff at the National Spinal Injuries Centre (NSIC) have welcomed the go-live of an IMS MAXIMS solution which has revolutionised its patient records system.

Siemens Healthcare announced CE marking for its Biograph mMR system. The CE marking states that the product is assessed before being placed on the market and meets EU safety, clinical benefit and environmental protection requirements.

Microsoft announced a number of contracts in the UK to help NHS trusts to deliver greater clinical productivity and reduce costs by using Identity and Access Management (IAM) products, which have been built exclusively for the healthcare sector.

By Freddy Lykke, Managing Director, CSC Scandihealth A/S.
Even its most ardent advocates would acknowledge that telemedicine still makes up a tiny proportion of overall healthcare activity worldwide. Clunky technology, cultural and organisational issues and a lack of enthusiasm - even antipathy - from clinicians have been some of the barriers to wider uptake of telemedicine solutions.