London's Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital (GOSH) is making a major shift towards integrating Apple technology - benefiting staff and patients. A key project has been in Cardiology where clinicians now use iPads and iMacs for instant access to 3D images of patients' hearts while planning for surgery, or even in theatre.

Anoto, creator of the digital pen and paper technology, today announces that its partner Longhand Data Ltd has acquired TELER, a company specialising in scientific measurement of healthcare outcomes. Following the acquisition, Longhand Data has integrated TELER with its digital pen and paper technology solution, to produce a real-time, online electronic patient record system which now allows clinicians to record and track patient measured outcomes in a range of healthcare disciplines.

FairWarning®, the inventor and global leader in patient privacy monitoring solutions, has published a security white paper entitled Make or Break - Digital Healthcare and Privacy Reach the Tipping Point. Drawing from the experience of its customers in who represent over 800 hospitals and 2,500 clinics across the UK, USA, Canada and Europe, as well as detailed research, the paper provides an incisive perspective on NHS privacy and security and details its importance in the future of patient care.

The 3millionlives initiative, launched in January by Care Services Minister Paul Burstow, has confirmed the next stage in its development by the announcement that 15 industry organisations have signed up to support the campaign.

Anoto, creators of digital pen and paper technology, and DevelopIQ, Anoto Platinum Solution Provider, announced that the Gwent Consortium - comprising Aneurin Bevan Health Board (ABHB) and the five local authorities - has deployed an electronic data capture system implemented by DevelopIQ; giving them the potential to save over £600,000 per annum.

The passing of the Health and Social Care Act has given fresh urgency to patient data security issues according to FairWarning Inc - the global leader in breach monitoring and detection. The changing shape of the NHS, with extended lines of communication from healthcare organisations through to social care providers, while potentially promising more integrated care, creates additional security risks.

The Hospital de Dénia is the first Spanish hospital, and the second one in Europe, achieving Stage 7 of the HIMSS, the highest certification on implementing its electronic medical record; crediting it as one hundred percent digital.