The TRIL (Technology Research for Independent Living) Centre, Ireland announced a new industry partner, GE Healthcare. TRIL is a groundbreaking research initiative, founded in January 2007 by Intel Corporation and the IDA Ireland (Industrial Development Agency), to explore the physical, cognitive and social consequences of ageing and design technologies to help address them. 
Rotherham Community Health Services, part of NHS Rotherham, and Ubisys today announced that the successful deployment of Anoto Digital Pen and Paper was positively contributing to increased efficiencies and delivery of care, which in turn are generating productivity gains of 35%. 
The Ministry of Health and Sports in France has officially named Carestream Health as an approved host for personal health data and the first medical imaging company to receive accreditation. 
Tieto is intending to present a prototype for a new mobile ICT system for doctors and healthcare staff at the healthcare conference Vitalis 2010. The system will help eliminate time-consuming administrative tasks involved in operation planning, while also speeding up access to important patient information. 
Lexum European Eye Clinic, a network of private ophthalmology clinics in the Czech Republic, announced that its patients in Prague are benefiting from receiving appointment reminders and health information via text message. 
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has agreed a new five-year deal with iSOFT for patient administration systems (PAS) with an option to become an early adopter of Lorenzo. 
As the UK general election approaches politicians across the board are keen to find a solution to the UK's burgeoning obesity problem. Now, pioneering British company Telehealth Solutions has established a draft 'obesity protocol' to help reverse the heavyweight trend.