A new report calls on the Department of Health to strengthen its efforts to encourage data sharing in the NHS. Paul Cooper, IMS MAXIMS Head of Research, co-authored 'We Should Talk: Interoperability and the NHS', on behalf of Intellect, the trade association representing the UK's IT, electronics and telecoms industries.

The One Health Alliance, which was set up to bring best of breed technologies to healthcare organisations in both the public and private sector, has said that its members will collaborate to focus on the UK market in order to provide systems that support the changing landscape.

By Dr. med. Heike Unverhau, Head of eHealth, Just Software AG.
Are you an ePatient? If you are looking online for health related information, then you are part of the increasing percentage of population that is searching the internet for information about health topics - in addition to traditional information channels.

With the endorsement of the European Commission's ICT for Health Unit, TICBioMed organizes a Competition for rewarding the best eHealth solution of 2012 developed by the European Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).

IMS MAXIMS is unveiling a new range of deployment models giving customers four ways to access its proven clinical patient administration system (PAS). The four choices are designed to ensure that healthcare providers of every size, and with very different resources, can all benefit from the best clinical applications and electronic patient record systems.

Northridge Healthcare Ltd, an independent business providing short break services for adults with multiple and complex health needs, has gone live with Advanced Heath & Care's fully integrated software solution for care providers, CareSys.

Eye specialists SpaMedica have become the first independent healthcare provider to benefit from the new Choose and Book compliant IMS MAXIMS fully-hosted, software-as-a-service (SaaS) electronic patient administration and records system.