By Shane Tickell, CEO of IMS MAXIMS.
The past is not a prediction of the future and much has changed in the 11 years since the inception of the National Programme for IT (NPfIT). Clinicians are more engaged in IT, technology is more affordable and a whole raft of new systems are available to address the challenges of the modern NHS. So why do many frontline staff continue to be sceptical about its benefits and will this ever change?

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is now able to manage clinical teams and medical tasks more efficiently and effectively throughout the night, leading to improved patient safety, following the deployment of a Hospital at Night system.

Johnson & Johnson Innovation today announced several new collaborations in the European region to coincide with a 'Celebration of Life Science Innovation' event, hosted by its London Innovation Centre. The event brings together UK life science leaders and scientists from the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies to celebrate promising advances and discuss novel collaboration models to deliver better healthcare solutions for patients around the world.

FairWarning Inc., the inventor and global leader in patient privacy monitoring, has welcomed the UK government's response to the Caldicott Review, describing its decision to accept all of the recommendations in the review as "a significant step towards transparent care and a landmark milestone for both patients and the NHS."

Eucomed, the European medical technology industry association, expresses disappointment and strong concern at the outcome of a vote in the European Parliament’s Committee for Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI). The Committee has voted in favour of an extreme heavy bureaucratic procedure which combines a complex, unpredictable scrutiny process with a de facto case-by-case centralised pre-marketing authorization system.

Patients at NHS Lothian will soon be able to access up-to-date information about their health and care online through a new patient portal. Over the past month a small group of patients have begun securely accessing their patient information including test results, allergies, clinical documents and information about past and future appointments electronically.

Denmark has issued an English-language translation of its national health IT reference architecture, which mandates compliance with Continua's Design Guidelines for interoperability of devices, systems and services in personal connected health. Denmark became the first nation ever to formally adopt Continua's Design Guidelines as part of a national healthcare system when it published its National Action Plan for Telemedicine last year.