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.

AeroScout®, the leading provider of Unified Asset Visibility solutions for the healthcare industry, today announced that the John Radcliffe Hospital, part of the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust in the UK, has implemented AeroScout's Asset Tracking & Management and Temperature Monitoring solutions.

Carewatch, one of the UK's leading providers of home care, has selected Advanced 365 as its IT outsourcing provider. Advanced 365 will be hosting Carewatch's IT infrastructure in a private cloud environment.

Burnside Telecom a recognised innovator in the market for cellular-based telecare solutions has announced the launch of MoniCare™, a new web based GSM monitoring application for the telecare market.

The problem of medicines non-adherence is a hot topic, with considerable debate over who should or shouldn't play a role in addressing this widespread issue. Atlantis Healthcare encourages government, pharmaceutical businesses, healthcare professionals and pharmacy to keep the focus on the patient and work together to think of ways we can improve the level of patient support available.

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has reported on the success of its deployment of JAC's Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA) system. The Trust began rolling out the system in May 2010, and it is now live in the hospital's surgical, orthopaedic and medical wards, as well as in theatres.

New research has revealed that - despite advances in electronic communication - GP surgeries are still being swamped by paper, with nearly 200 million clinical documents* sent in the post to UK practices each year at an estimated cost of £1 per letter.**