Carefx announced that together with IBM they will enable hospitals across Denmark to provide clinicians with real-time access to the very latest clinical patient information, allowing them to obtain immediate insight and to make faster decisions regarding patient care.

The busiest genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinic in the UK is now using an electronic patient record (EPR) system to improve productivity, patient satisfaction and the quality and safety of patient care.

Broomwell HealthWatch, the leading ECG telemedical service provider, has announced it has now completed over 161,000 successful ECG interpretations, in turn preventing around 144,000 referrals to hospitals or diagnostic centres since the service started in 2006.

On October 1 2011, Germany will begin the country-wide distribution of its new electronic health card. Morpho (Safran group) is the first manufacturer to have received official approval for production of the card.

Doncaster & Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is improving patient care by speeding up the process of patient feedback after implementing a new Digital Pen and Paper solution from technology innovator Anoto and UK partner Ubisys.

Intel-GE Care Innovations™ is announcing Care Innovations™ Connect, a new product designed to address social isolation in older adults. Developed in partnership with seniors and senior service providers, Connect helps professional caregivers monitor the changing needs of seniors while giving older adults the tools that help them build ties to their communities and avoid social isolation and loneliness.

Each summer the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) faces an influx of young patients suffering from illnesses or accidents while taking family holidays far from home. At a time when many UK hospitals experience a dip in demand, the pressure on the paediatrics department covering England's second largest county is unrelenting.