By Kurt Long, CEO of FairWarning
The NHS is currently undergoing a transformation, which once completed will give place to a new, leaner and more efficient healthcare landscape. With limited financial resources and having to meet the growing needs of an ageing population, many NHS trusts are struggling, some have gone into administration, such as South London Healthcare NHS Trust, with more to follow suit.

iMDsoft®, a leader in clinical information systems, announced the opening of a new office with an expanded workforce in Düsseldorf, demonstrating their firm commitment to the European market. The local team will now include a German-based professional services team providing support 24/7.

FairWarning®, the global leader in patient privacy monitoring, has contributed to Intellect's response to the government's plans for a paperless NHS. In its report 'Digitising the NHS by 2018', the UK's technology association provides its views on achieving this important challenge.

International mobile software solutions provider, TotalMobile has announced a campaign to support healthcare professionals spend more time with patients and less on administration and travel by adopting new mobile technologies. The campaign will support the NHS Institute of Innovation and Improvement's Releasing Time to Care (RTTC) scheme, part of the Productive Ward initiative, with TotalMobile delivering a series of workshops around the UK.

IMS MAXIMS will highlight the need for systems that support NHS trusts with the early diagnosis and improved care of patients with dementia at the forthcoming national health IT conference and exhibition, HC2013.

iMDsoft®, a leader in clinical information systems, announced the release of MVpanorama™, providing centralized, comprehensive and actionable cross-patient information. MVpanorama bridges the gap between patient-centric records and the challenges of managing today's critical and acute care departments, offering an intuitive visual display of key clinical, administrative and demographic data.

Continua Health Alliance announced that Elinaz Mahdavy, European Affairs and Strategic Partnerships Manager at Orange Healthcare, has been unanimously elected chair of its European Working Group. Elinaz will lead Continua's outreach and relations with EU institutions and government entities in Europe. She succeeds Mário Romão, senior policy manager at Intel, who will continue to serve as vice chair.