Allscripts, a global healthcare IT company, opened its new European headquarters today in Manchester, United Kingdom. The selection of Manchester is expected to result in skilled jobs creation and strong links with the NHS and local academic centres. 
Virgin Care has become one of the first NHS providers to equip staff with tablet computers running TotalMobile™, a mobile working solution that gives nurses access to all of the essential information that they need while they are visiting patients at home. 
iMDsoft®, a leader in clinical information systems, announced that Klinikverbund Kempten-Oberallgäu in Germany, a hospital with four sites in Kempten, Immenstadt, Oberstdorf and Sonthofen, chose MetaVision for all of its ICUs, intermediate care units and operating rooms. 
"A&E is creaking at the seams. It's not broken, but it's struggling" said Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS Medical Director at the publication of the Urgent and Emergency Care Review in November 2013. Accidents & Emergency has become a hot political topic over the last years, often used as the ultimate measure for how the coalition runs the country's health service. 
Elekta (NSE:EKTAb) and Royal Philips (NYSE:PHG, AEX:PHIA) announced today that The Institute of Cancer Research, London, a world-leading cancer research institution, working with its clinical partner The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, will join the Elekta MR Linac Research Consortium, a group with a mission to develop an integrated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) guided radiation therapy system. 
Orion Health, a global provider of healthcare integration solutions, recognises Turkey's commitment to improve its healthcare sector and recommends the scope for coordinated care be expanded to meet the needs of people living with long-term conditions. 
Anoto, the creator of digital writing technology, has announced that the maternity department of University Hospital of Wales, part of Cardiff & Vale University Health Board, is using its digital pen technology to record results of foetal fibronectin (FFN) tests and digitise test results to reduce time spend on administration and ensure the hospital has digital records of test results.