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.

Isansys Lifecare Limited, the provider of complete real-time physiological patient data services and systems, announced the introduction of its Patient Status Engine™ - the first cloud-based patient digitization and analytic solution for monitoring and predicting the present and future clinical status of patients anytime, anywhere.

Motion Computing® a leading global provider of tablet PCs and supporting mobility solutions, announced that the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust has been awarded its Excellence in Mobile Point of Care Award - Europe.