The General University Hospital Gregorio Marañón in Madrid has recently set up Europe's first dispensing machine for medications.

The results of an independent scientific evaluation of the 'e-Medikation pilot project', which was carried out under Austria's electronic health records project - ELGA (Elektronische Gesundheitsakte), were presented on 10 May 2012.

Finland's millionth electronic prescription was issued on Monday 30 April 2012.

The citizens of Bologna (city and province) have recently been able to activate their electronic health records (EHRs) and thus manage their health data easily via the Internet.

While the electronic processing of social and health care information in Finland is progressing constantly, considerable efforts are still needed nation-wide. The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health will conduct a comprehensive assessment of electronic information management in this field with the involvement of international experts.

During the three months since its launch on 8 December 2012, 38 % of all general practitioner (GP) practices in London have registered with the GP comparison site myhealthlondon, exceeding expectations.

On 13 April 2012, after over 3 years of work, the epSOS (Smart Open Services for European Patients) project's pilot phase started.

The Ministry of Health and Care Services (Helse- og omsorgsdepartementet, in Norwegian) is conducting a public consultation for a new white paper on eHealth in Norway. Input can be submitted through a blog which will remain open until 1 June 2012.

An online NHS Mobile Working Knowledge Centre has been launched to help the NHS make better use of mobile technology.

On 7 February 2012, ePrescriptions were introduced in Telemark county (southeast Norway) aiming to improve security and make patients' lives easier.

A recently released audit report by the National Audit Office of Finland covering the period 2003-2009 reveals that IT projects in the field of social services and healthcare did not achieve satisfying performance results.

An extraordinary general meeting of the HealthNet Economic Interest Group was held on 13 December 2011 that marks the end of the legal formation of Luxembourg's 'eHealth Agency'.

On 22 December 2011, the European Commission adopted a decision establishing an eHealth Network, marking the first time that EU legislation includes provisions on eHealth with clear
objectives to find modern, innovative solutions for providing better and safer healthcare for all Europeans.

The Directorate General of Care Provision (Direction Générale de l'Offre de Soins - DGOS, in French) of the French Ministry of Health officially launched the Digi

Since 15 November 2011, the use of the centralised eArchiving system for electronic patient records (eArkisto, in Finnish) is being tested in Kuopio, one of Finland's main cities.