Clinicians can update patient records at the bedside, or be instantly alerted to changes in their condition from the other side of the country, thanks to the latest advance from IMS MAXIMS.

Carefx Corp., a leading provider of interoperable workflow solutions, announced that West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust (West Herts) has chosen the Fusionfx solution suite to provide simplified access to an aggregate view of patient information within a singular portal.

Torbay Care Trust has 'gone-live' with an economy-wide pathway analytics and reporting module, from leading provider of outsourced health informatics, MedeAnalytics, to examine health and social care pathways for specific groups of patients and at an individual patient level.

HIMSS Europe has launched the nomination for the HIMSS Europe Award for eHealth Leadership, which recognises an individual who, in the judgment of the HIMSS Europe Governing Council, has demonstrated significant leadership in promoting the use of information technology in healthcare in Europe [1].

The IT @ Networking Awards 2011 (IT @ 2011) is an open competition for fully implemented, operable healthcare IT solutions. The goal is to raise awareness of some of the Europe's finest and most innovative local, regional and national healthcare IT projects.

The Department of Health has laid down guidelines for new national efficiency targets relating to patient-level information and costing (PLIC), to encourage NHS trusts to ensure best use of available funds and resources.

Healthcare business intelligence specialist Ardentia has introduced a pseudonymisation tool, designed to help NHS Trusts safely undertake secondary use of patient data and meet legal guidelines.