HIMSS Europe has awarded seven new hospitals in Europe with Stage 6 Award during the fourth edition of HIMSS Europe CIO Summit, that took place in Madrid, Spain, from the 12th to 14th. Stage 6 & 7 hospitals provide best practices that other healthcare organizations can study as they strive to use EMR applications to improve patient safety, clinical outcomes and patient care delivery efficiency.

Tobii Assistive Technology, a division of the Tobii group, the global market leaders in eye tracking, today announced its recognition as an International CES Innovations 2014 Design and Engineering Awards Honoree. The company was awarded in the Accessible Technologies category for its newly launched EyeMobile solution. Tobii EyeMobile provides individuals afflicted with spinal cord injury, muscular dystrophy, arthritis and other demobilizing conditions with hands-free access to the full functionality of Windows 8 tablet devices, allowing them to live richer, more independent and fulfilled lives.

A new electronic patient record (EPR) system is providing staff at Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with faster access to the very latest patient information across reception areas, wards and clinics. The new system, Medway EPR, supplied by System C, a McKesson Company, went live on Saturday 2 November 2013. It replaces an old patient administration system which had been in place for nearly 30 years.

IMS MAXIMS, a provider of clinical information systems, has been awarded a place on the UK government's G-Cloud 4 framework, allowing healthcare organisations to purchase specialist cloud based digital services from the company.

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has extended its implementation of Nervecentre to deliver the benefits of mobile working, workflow and governance across Blackpool Victoria Hospital. The extension includes: hospital-wide management of the Acute Response Team (out-of-hours working); hospital-wide Mobile Handover; management of patient referrals to 90+ specialties.

Wayne Parslow, Mike Smith and Helen Parslow have been appointed to the leadership team of MedeAnalytics, a leading provider of healthcare performance management and business intelligence solutions. They will be responsible for continuing to extend the success of the company in the evolving analytics market across UK healthcare including within Clinical Commissioning Groups, Commissioning Support Units, acute and social care, while expanding the company's footprint across existing and emerging markets in EMEA.

Welch Allyn, a leading medical diagnostic device company that specializes in helping clinicians improve patient safety and outcomes, today announced the official establishment of its Europe, Middle East & Indian Sub-Continent (EMEI) headquarters and a consolidated Operations Center in the Netherlands. Both sites are part of the company's current realignment strategy aimed at positioning Welch Allyn for future growth throughout the region.