OBH's Outcomes Platform Selected to Join NHS Innovation Accelerator by NHS England
A technology developed in the UK has been selected for a national NHS acceleration programme to help measure if care is making a meaningful difference to people and to empower the NHS to prevent diseases, reduce severe illness and improve quality of life.
NHS England Medical Director Professor Sir Bruce Keogh and US digital health expert Professor Robert Wachter revealed in November eight health innovations to join the NHS Innovation Accelerator for 2016.
HIMSS Europe is bringing the Kate Granger Awards for Compassionate Care to Europe - to be launched at at the World of Health IT event - an international conference dedicated to health IT. Nominations are open for the first ever European Kate Granger Awards for Compassionate Care - named after an English doctor who worked tirelessly to raise awareness around compassion in healthcare whilst undergoing treatment for cancer. 
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Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG; AEX: PHIA) and Masimo Corporation (NASDAQ: MASI) today announced a wide-ranging, multi-year business partnership involving both companies' innovations in patient monitoring and therapy solutions. The partnership includes joint marketing and sales programs in North America and certain markets in Asia and Europe for Masimo's non-invasive sensor technologies, such as its rainbow® and SET® platforms, in conjunction with Philips' patient monitoring and select therapy solutions. 