The COCIR New Code, setting the standard for member companies in their interactions with healthcare professionals, preannounced in May 2014, is now enforced since 1 January 2015. It contains additional guidance on topics such as public procurement of medical technology, industry support of third party conferences, provision of educational grants and interactions with independent third parties (e.g. agents, distributors and consultants).

iMDsoft announced that Kerckhoff Klinik in Germany has implemented the MetaVision clinical information system across their entire continuum of care. The hospital, which specialises in cardiothoracic, vascular and rheumatic diseases, now uses MetaVision in their OR, ICU, general ward and intermediate care unit, in a total of 317 beds.

BlackBerry Limited (NASDAQ: BBRY; TSX: BB), a global leader in mobile communications, and NantHealth, a cloud-based information technology provider combining science and big data to transform healthcare, have announced the first secure clinical genome browser that gives doctors unprecedented access to patients' genetic data on the BlackBerry® Passport smartphone - the NantOmics Cancer Genome Browser™.

Virginia Mason Institute has recently provided lean healthcare training at Cerner Limited offices for four trusts. As the educational arm of Virginia Mason Institute, one of the safest healthcare providers in the world, the institute teaches organisations worldwide how to use the lean processes of the Virginia Mason Production System to improve safety, quality and the patient experience.

iMDsoft will be presenting the MetaVision clinical information system for intensive care at the ICS State of the Art Meeting in London. Fukuda Denshi, which distributes MetaVision ICU in the UK, will be showcasing the system at their booth.

Caradigm is planning to launch its new Ward Round application, a solution for hospital wards that will help replace existing paper-based processes for collecting information at the point of care. The ward round is where patient care is reviewed and planned, and consequently where most clinical decisions are made and reviewed: what tests to order, what treatments to change and when the patient is safe to be discharged.

St. George's Healthcare NHS Trust has become the first trust in the UK to implement Cerner's critical care solution with device integration, driving improvements to clinical quality and efficiency in St. George's paediatric intensive care unit (PICU). The iBus CareAware solution gathers real time readings from bedside monitors and ventilators in the PICU.