The Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action (MAMA) celebrates one year of working with local organizations to send timely and culturally sensitive health and wellness information to new and expectant mothers in 22 countries via mobile phones.

For nearly 2,000 care workers in Stockholm, a smart phone has become the most important tool in their daily operations. The goal is to make life easier for care workers and care providers and to give relatives access to various eServices that are provided via the city's website. City officials presented the solution in a World of Health IT session during the pan-European eHealth Week 2012 in Denmark.

AxSys Technology has unveiled its enhanced Excelicare clinical IT platform to provide NHS Trusts and primary care providers with a cost-effective way to build patient records electronically.

Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center (SYSUCC) will use Elekta’s MOSAIQ to coordinate treatment and planning.

Marina Salud Hospital de Denia in Spain has achieved Stage 7 of the HIMSS Analytics Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM).

Patient-centered medicine was emphasized at the opening of the 10th annual High Level E-Health conference of the European Commission in Copenhagen.

IMS MAXIMS has unveiled a new version of its emergency department information system at the HC2012 conference in London.

UCLA researchers have created a crowd-sourced online gaming system in which players distinguish malaria-infected red blood cells from healthy ones by viewing digital images obtained from microscopes.

HIMSS will collaborate with BCS, the British information technology trade group, on a project to introduce HIMSS Analytics Electronic Medical Records Adoption Model (EMRAM), which gauges hospitals' health IT adoption, to the United Kingdom.

Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust will implement Harris Corporation’s clinical portal, built on the Carefx interoperability platform.

HIMSS Europe is seeking nominations for three vacancies on the HIMSS Europe Governing Council, for a three-year term to begin July 1, 2012.

Sproxil, a startup that develops tools for brand protection in emerging markets, has enlisted IBM technology to help reduce drug counterfeiting and help consumers to verify the authenticity of prescriptions with their smartphones.

Early adopters of social media in foreign countries have shown that it can improve communications, information sharing, clinical outcomes and speed of innovation, according to researchers at CSC.

OffSiteCare Resources (OSCR) recently implemented HarmoniMD, its cloud-based EHR, at Mary Johnston Hospital in Manila, Philippines.

GHX continues its global expansion with an acquisition of TriSolve Ltd. of Bradford, UK.

RapidArc radiotherapy treatments are now available in Africa. Clinicians from across the continent attended a week-long workshop, sponsored by Varian Medical Systems, to learn about the RapidArc intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) technology.

Intel Fellow Eric Dishman speaks with Healthcare IT News about the value of mobile health tools and personal health records -- and about the challenges and opportunities for more empowered patients.

Surgery center management and development company Regent Surgical Health recently announced its first international partnership, creating what's billed as Ireland's only dedicated center for the diagnosis and treatment of neurological disorders in a community hospital.

IBM announced that the Soon Chun Hyang University Hospital will use the company's hardware and software solution to build South Korea's first integrated hospital infrastructure.

The Department of Health recently announced Dame Fiona Caldicott's independent review into the protection of patient data. This announcement comes in response to the NHS Future Forum's recommendation that the balance of patient protection and sharing of patient data needs to be addressed.