Map of Medicine, part of Hearst Health International, today announces the launch of an innovative care pathways and e-referral programme in Cumbria. The announcement was made by Dr Andrew Jones, Medical Director at Hearst Health International at the CCIO Network site visit to Sedbergh Medical Centre in Cumbria.

Experienced communications expert Natalie Bateman has joined pioneering clinical technology specialist IMS MAXIMS as its policy and communications director in a newly created board position. Strengthening the company's senior management team, Bateman will be responsible for raising the profile of IMS MAXIMS and its products amongst its stakeholder community, including strengthening its proposition for influencing policy development.

Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are now rolling out mobile observations and Handover for nurses and clinicians in their hospitals with two wards already live. Last year, the Trust agreed a partnership with Nervecentre Software to deliver this innovative and bespoke electronic observations system for nurses and doctors to

Frontline clinicians in Fife have achieved a major impact on patient safety, following Scotland’s first ever go live of a comprehensive electronic clinical observation and early warning system. NHS Fife became the first health board in Scotland to deploy a full scale electronic track and trigger system, after going live with Patientrack at Victoria Hospital.

Linde Healthcare, a global business of The Linde Group, has announced the new beneficiaries of its REALfund initiative, a programme supporting ideas and projects with the potential to improve patient outcomes and health economics across the wide field of respiratory medicine.

Hospital staff are to get the rapid insights they need to improve everything from A&E waiting times to patients' lengths of stay, now that Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has commenced deployment of a new analytics capability across the organisation.

The EU SME eHealth Competition recognizes the best eHealth/mHealth SMEs at European level and support their business success by giving them visibility together with marketing opportunities to attract customers, partners and external capital. The eHealth Competition Final this year will take place on the 9 th of June 2016 in Amsterdam, during the eHealth Week conference in a parallel session.