McKesson UK, the trusted healthcare IT solutions and services specialist, has been awarded 'IT Supplier of the Year' by The British Computer Society (BCS) & Computing UK IT Industry Awards 2010.

At Medica 2010 in Dusseldorf, Microsoft's HealthVault team, represented by Jens Dommel, Head of HealthVault, Western Europe at The Microsoft Health Solutions Group, announced the launch in Germany of Assignio, a health platform based on the HealthVault Microsoft technology.

CSC (NYSE: CSC) announced that the county of Blekinge in Sweden is the first customer outside Denmark for its LABKA II Laboratory Information System. After going live in late October, the system will be used to support the Karlskrona and Karlshamn hospitals within the Swedish province administrative county, and provide healthcare professionals with a more efficient, safer laboratory information service.

Tunstall Healthcare, the leading provider of telecare and telehealth solutions, is exhibiting its advanced telehealthcare solutions at this year's NHS Alliance Annual Conference and Exhibition.

Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) announced its partnership with the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD), on the occasion of World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Day.

The Care Services Minister has announced the NHS will get £400 million to give carers like the spouses, parents and children of chronically ill patients a break - and telehealth can help.

As World COPD Day dawns, a UK telehealth expert has underlined the importance of embracing technology to improve the nation's health. Jeremy Cummin, the executive chairman of Telehealth Solutions, said there is mounting evidence to support the benefits of telehealth technology but adoption is still not as widespread as it could be.