South Karelia Central Hospital (Finland) has introduced a self-registration system for its customers. The solution improves customer service and privacy protection and frees up resources for direct patient care.

The Helene Elass Center (Denmark) along with Commentor is building a programme called Mitti Kinect to help children diagnosed with cerebral palsy get the consistent help they need to develop their motor skills. Cerebral palsy is a neurological condition which impairs the motor skills and causes issues with physical movement.

InterSystems, a global leader in software for connected care, announced that Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust is the first to Go-Live using InterSystems HealthShare Spine Mini Services Provider, after the service was accredited as part of NHS Connecting for Health’s Interoperability Toolkit (ITK 2.0) initiative.

Carestream’s new Vue Beyond for Radiology delivers a real-time view of departmental workflow that can help radiology administrators improve productivity and profitability. The Vue Beyond business intelligence and reporting dashboard, which is currently available for order, shows a real-time queue of studies waiting for report,

In addition to showcasing its new DRX-Revolution Mobile X-ray System, Carestream also announced availability of new capabilities and software features for its DRX-Evolution DR Suite that can help manage dose, improve image quality and enhance patient care, especially for critically ill or injured patients.

The Nation of Denmark, recognized as a global leader in healthcare technologies, today announced that its new national Action Plan for Telemedicine will be built on Design Guidelines created by Continua Health Alliance to ensure the seamless and secure collection, communication and storage of personal health data from patients’ homes to healthcare providers across the country.<

A workshop dedicated to development of an eHealth strategy in the Republic of Moldova was organized on 8 – 9 August 2012 with WHO support. The primary objective of the workshop was to agree on the main eHealth actions needed in the short and long term and to define requirements and outcome measurements for development of the strategy.

Anoto, the creator of digital pen and paper technology, announced the results of a survey conducted across the United States and the United Kingdom focused on the state of scanning in business today.

About 25,000 Danes currently live with congenital heart defects. Both heredity and environment play a role for these malformations, but exactly how various risk factors influence the development of the heart during pregnancy has been a mystery until now.

The University of Warwick, GE Healthcare, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire Trust (UHCW) and Coventry Council have joined forces to create ‘Warwick Healthcare Partnership’ (WHP) in an effort to seek strategies to combat some of the most important chronic diseases responsible for millions of deaths per year worldwide