Tech savvy, well-informed baby boomers - "the power of the crowd" - will drive the adoption of ehealth, according to a new report from KPMG International. The report is based on in-depth interviews with ehealth executives representing 15 countries, as well as insights from KPMG's global healthcare partners.

FairWarning, Inc., the inventor and world's leading supplier of cross-platform solutions that monitor and protect patient privacy in Electronic Health Records, announced HCA International has selected FairWarning® Privacy Breach Detection to enhance their patients' privacy.

The announcement of Dame Fiona Caldicott's independent review into the protection of patient data has been welcomed as a critical opportunity for the NHS. FairWarning Inc, a global expert in the detection and prevention of electronic health record (EHR) data breaches, believes it could help lay the foundations for secure and trusted electronic healthcare, which will enable better patient outcomes.

Aperio, the leading provider of digital pathology systems, announced a strategic collaboration with Dell to create the world's first scalable, secure medical cloud network for Pathology.

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, will issue an additional 15 million second-generation eHealth cards ("eGK", elektronische Gesundheitskarte) to AOK in 2012. AOK (Allgemeine Ortskrankenkasse), the Health Insurance Fund, looks after around 25 million people, approximately one third of the population in Germany.

Ascribe announced the successful 'Go Live' and implementation of the company's Web Pharmacy solution at two hospital sites for East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust. One of which, Burnley General Hospital, was the first Ascribe Pharmacy customer in 1991.

S3 Group, a global enabler of scalable chronic disease management programs, announced that Telbios, technical and service provider of Buongiorno CReG, Europe's largest chronic disease service, has chosen them to provide design and consultancy services to enable the launch of the service in four health trust areas of Milano, Como, Bergamo and Milano-2.