Allscripts (NASDAQ:MDRX), a global leader in healthcare technology, has announced a definitive agreement to acquire McKesson Corporation's (NYSE:MCK) hospital and health system IT business, Enterprise Information Solutions, for $185 million in cash, subject to adjustment for net debt and working capital. 
Two NHS trusts in the North West of England have taken the lead in breaking down barriers between diagnostic departments and frontline clinical staff, in a move that healthcare professionals say is changing how they can view and diagnose patients, and that is improving collaboration between hospitals across the region. 
Ten hospitals across Fife are using real-time information to deliver better co-ordinated care for thousands of patients, following the successful go-live of InterSystems TrakCare®. Frontline staff in all of NHS Fife's acute and community hospitals are now using the patient information system, which has been positively received by healthcare professionals as a means to support better and safer care, 
Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, and the historic San Giovanni Calibita Fatebenefratelli Hospital in Rome today announced a long-term strategic partnership to introduce state-of-the-art Family Centered Care (FCC) at the hospital. This 6-year collaboration will enable the San Giovanni Calibita to deliver developmentally focused, family centered mother-and-child care of the highest clinical quality. Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, has signed an agreement to acquire TomTec Imaging Systems GmbH (TOMTEC), a leading provider of intelligent image analysis software, especially for diagnostic ultrasound. Headquartered in Munich, Germany, TOMTEC's products and services support clinicians to increase efficiency and diagnostic quality through automated and reproducible measurements. Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Government of Mandera County, Kenya, opened a new Community Life Center (CLC) in Mandera county. Helping to establish this new primary care and community hub is part of Philips' ongoing commitment to improve access to quality primary healthcare and decrease maternal and infant mortality rates