Microsoft is notifying via e-mail the registered users of the HealthVault platform that the service will become unavailable on November 20, 2019. HealthVault is a service for storing personal health and medical records and information (a.k.a. PHR) so they can be shared with health professionals. The text of the e-mail from Microsoft reads:

The Hospital da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa (Red Cross Hospital) in Lisbon and Siemens Healthineers have signed a ten-year partnership agreement for the new heart center. The heart center will focus on the full cardiovascular continuum - prevention, early detection, treatment and follow-up of cardiovascular diseases, aiming at being one of the most modern in Portugal.

The Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Medical Informatics (MMI) at European Campus Rottal-Inn (ECRI) in Pfarrkirchen - a branch of the Deggendorf University of Applied Sciences (THD - Technische Hochschule Deggendorf) in Bavaria, Germany - is accepting applications for entry in October 2019.

IMS MAXIMS and Secure Exchange Solutions have announced a partnership to offer mobile, secure and cost-effective provider-to-provider and provider-to-patient communications to NHS organisations, GP practices and patients.

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology today announced the results of the Advancing Care Coordination & Telehealth Deployment at Scale (ACT@Scale) Program during the 19th annual International Conference on Integrated Care in San Sebastian, Spain.

The London-wide service by Coordinate My Care powered by InterSystems HealthShare® has been highly commended in the medical software, systems and technology category at this year’s HSJ Partnership Awards, which celebrated successes in the NHS.

An alliance between Highland Marketing and Experiential HealthTech will be announced at this year's Digital Health Rewired, with both companies exhibiting from stand B14. Highland Marketing is a full-service marketing, content and PR agency, specialising in health technology, while Experiential HealthTech is an independent consultancy providing strategic analysis and advice to companies operating in health and the wider healthcare ecosystem.