Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today announced the commercial launch of Philips NightBalance, a prescription sleep position therapy device designed for patients with positional obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). 
The first Health Information Exchange (HIE) in the Middle East, Malaffi, went live at the end of July just six months after contracts were signed between the project company, Abu Dhabi Health Data Services (ADHDS), and technology provider Orion Health. 
Commenting on findings and recommendations from Public Health England's review into dependence and withdrawal associated with some prescribed medicines, Darren Nichols, UK managing director, FDB (First Databank), said: 
Abbott (NYSE: ABT) announced that new research, published in the journal Circulation, found its algorithm could help doctors in hospital emergency rooms more accurately determine if someone is having a heart attack or not, so that they can receive faster treatments or be safely discharged. 
Opinion Article by Shane Tickell, Chief Executive, IMS MAXIMS
St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trusthas successfully gone live with System C’s CareFlow Vitals as part of its ambitious strategy to accelerate digitisation and become a digital exemplar using System C’s hospital and care community-wide blueprint. 
UKCloud Health, the multi-cloud experts dedicated to powering the Healthcare community, has today announced that it has been awarded a place on all 4 lots of the new NHS Shared Business Services Cloud Solutions framework which runs for initial 2-year term with the option to extend to 2023.