Continua Health Alliance applauds the European Commission's announcement of "Innovation Union" that sets a strategic approach for innovation in the European Union. One of the key elements of this initiative is an Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing, with the ultimate objective of increasing the average number of healthy life years by two by 2020. 
COCIR fully supports the European Commission's new innovation strategy 'The Innovation Union' which aims to turn ideas into jobs, green growth and social progress, according to the Commission Communication. 
The 2010 Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists/United Kingdom Clinical Pharmacy Association Information Technology Award has been won by Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust (SUHT) for the development of an electronic discharge summary application (eDischarge). 
iSOFT Group Limited, one of the world's leading health information technology companies, welcomes the announcement of the "Re-ablement" packages, which will give patients leaving hospital help and support for six weeks. 
InterSystems celebrated the award of the UK's first fully compliant Interoperability Toolkit (ITK) accreditation by the National Integration Centre and Assurance (NICA) Technology Office. 
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust is to deploy a data warehouse solution and reporting tools from healthcare business intelligence specialist Ardentia to improve data quality, enhance Trust-wide reporting and enable more effective management.