Healthcare provider Horder Healthcare is to deploy an electronic patient record (EPR) from software provider IMS MAXIMS, in order to improve care for thousands of patients and facilitate its digital journey to align it with the NHS's ambition of paperless at the point of care by 2020.

Scopis, a tech company specializing in surgical navigation and medical augmented reality, has announced its collaboration with the German Accelerator Life Sciences (GALS) program, an initiative supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi). Scopis has also established a presence in Cambridge, MA to support its activities in the U.S. & Canada.

Scan4Safety demonstrator site on target to reduce waste and increase efficiency by achieving transaction information milestone with support of NHS Shared Business Services and Global Health Exchange (GHX). Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust has achieved a major financial transaction milestone as part of the NHS drive to use GS1 standards to allow every NHS hospital in England to save an average of £3 million annually through improved patient safety, greater regulatory compliance and widespread operational efficiencies.

BASF Human Nutrition and Nuritas™ have announced a collaboration that will see the commercialization and discovery of health-benefiting bioactive peptide networks within specific target areas of significant value. Peptides are biologically occurring short chains of amino acids that act as potent signaling molecules in the body. The peptide networks of focus in this collaboration are natural, food-derived, patented and of significant benefit to the health of consumers.

iMDsoft®, a leader in clinical information systems, announced that they have been awarded a position on the NHS London Procurement Partnership Clinical and Digital Information Systems (CDIS) framework for Lot 1 - Electronic Patient Record Systems. iMDsoft's clinical EPR solution, MetaVision, offers hospital-wide electronic patient records and includes support for clinical workflow management and decision support,

A brand new Social Care Robot Challenge is being launched for the second annual UK Robotics Week 2017, a national week of celebration taking place from 24th - 30th June 2017. The new Social Care Robot Challenge is a national co-operative venture that will bring together UK experts from both academia and industry to advance the integration of robots into healthcare - including services designed to support older people and those living with long-term health conditions.

Novo Nordisk and Glooko today announced that the two companies will work together to deliver jointly-developed and branded digital health solutions for people with diabetes. The non-exclusive collaboration will combine Novo Nordisk's deep knowledge of diabetes with Glooko's digital platform and data analytics expertise.