As the NHS in all four nations continues preparations to manage winter clinical pressures, two NHS trusts have accelerated deployment of modules of their smart Electronic Patient Record Systems (EPRs), aimed at further improving patient safety in busy clinical settings while introducing efficiencies to streamline patients’ hospital stays. 
Dedalus Group ("Dedalus"), a leading international healthcare software solutions provider, has announced to have completed the acquisition of 100% of Swiftqueue Technologies Ltd a fast-growing cloud-native appointment and scheduling solution provider.
The Cloud-native Swiftqueue solution enables patients and citizens to access healthcare services provided from hospitals, clinics and specialists through a digital front door.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today authorized marketing of EaseVRx, a prescription-use immersive virtual reality (VR) system that uses cognitive behavioral therapy and other behavioral methods to help with pain reduction in patients 18 years of age and older with diagnosed chronic lower back pain. 
Bittium exhibits its innovative products and solutions for cardiology and neurophysiology as well as R&D services for the development of medical and healthcare technology at the MEDICA 2021 event. It is the world's biggest trade fair for the medical market, and it will be organized in Düsseldorf, Germany on November 15-18, 2021. 
A web and mobile app-based start-up launched during the COVID-19 pandemic to help UK healthcare professionals communicate with patients has signed its first commercial agreement with a hospital trust.
The Oxford-based CardMedic app, which offers online flashcards to guide patients through common clinical interactions, will be now available to healthcare professionals across University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust.
A programme to enhance patient diagnoses, speed up turnaround times and modernise pathology services has begun at Barts Health NHS Trust. The initiative will improve clinical collaboration and access to specialists, build foundations for the introduction of AI, and harness data to support life sciences and important clinical research.