Wolters Kluwer, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, has announced a new partnership with the Federación Nacional de Clínicas Privadas (FNCP), an organization representing over 550 of the private healthcare institutions in Spain.

Comtact Healthcare, a leading provider in mobile digital healthcare and informatics solutions has been selected by respiratory experts at Southampton Children’s Hospital to provide clinicians with a leading-edge mobile device solution at the point of care.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital has gone live with a mobile web application that will enable staff to respond even quicker to patients at risk of reaching critical conditions in hospital. The hospital has started rolling out 100 mobile devices to staff so they can use the ThinkVitals electronic observations tool to monitor patient vital signs.

The WHO estimates the share of prescribed medication that is not taken or not taken correctly at 50%. In the EU alone an estimated 200,000 patients a year die earlier than necessary due to non-adherence. With a new strategic partnership, Berlin-Chemie Menarini and the German adherence specialist smartpatient are setting out to change this.

Aridhia, the pioneering Scottish clinical and translational informatics company, has announced a partnership in the Netherlands which it says will unite two of Europe's leading providers of services to healthcare organisations, and expand Aridhia's service to the country.

Merck, a leading company for innovative, top-quality high-tech products in healthcare, life science and performance materials, is calling for national and international start-ups to apply for funding of innovative ideas by August 14, 2015. The Accelerator program is aimed at young companies in the healthcare, life science, performance materials, and IT sectors.

The clinical and business benefits of the use of open source software in the NHS have been laid out in full in a challenging white paper from healthcare software pioneer IMS MAXIMS. The firm's research director Paul Cooper has dispelled the myths surrounding open source software for the NHS and other healthcare providers by showing how its use can lead to greater clinical engagement, more flexible development, and greater value for money.