As of 28 October 2013, a pilot operation of the epSOS project enables ePrescriptions from other European countries to be picked up at epSOS-approved pharmacies in Sweden, and for Swedish ePrescriptions to be collected at epSOS-approved pharmacies in other countries.

The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health of Finland has recently announced the launching of an electronic data management strategy with the aim to define the social and health care electronic data management national strategy until 2020.

In September 2013, following the release of statistical data, Social Affairs and eHealth Minister, Taavi Rõivase said that the greater use of eHealth systems facilitates the exchange of information between doctors, improves patient care and promotes patient involvement in healthcare.

The President of the Autonomous Community of Madrid, Ignacio Gonzalez, announced at the end of September 2013, that the ePrescribing system (eReceta) is available in 324 pharmacies, 44 health centres and 149 clinics throughout the region, while electronic prescriptions will be implemented in all pharmacies in the second half of 2014.

On 22 September 2013, the German Technicians Health Insurance Fund (Techniker Krankenkasse - TK, in German) stopped the production of paper cards. These will be replaced by the smart chip technology cards which will start being distributed to the 8.5 million insured persons on 30 September 2013.

A quarter of general practitioners (GPs) in England are now actively using Patient Access, a web-based system, it was announced on 5 September 2013. This system is used to give patients access to their records and transactional services such as online booking.

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in eastern England has gone live with ePrescribing on two wards at its Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital in Grimsby, it was announced on 9 September 2013.

Mercy University Hospital is the first hospital in Ireland to introduce an electronic referral system for General Practitioners (GPs) referring patients for general outpatient hospital appointments. The general referral form is part of a Health Services Executive (HSE) national pilot and is suitable for all general hospital outpatient appointments.

The European FP7 project ‘Personal Health Systems (PHS) Foresight’ has recently launched a new phase in this process inviting stakeholders to assess visions on personal health systems futures with multiple criteria including novelty, feasibility and relevance in order to identify most valuable visions and provide improved understanding of the PHS community preferences and future

On 4 July 2013 Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda Hospital presented the project 'Connect-12', consisting of a network system able to share information on patients under dialysis in a safe and bidirectional manner.

Since 19 June 2013 Swiss citizens have been able to use the European patients Smart Open Services (epSOS) project Patient Summary service for personalised health treatment and medication when going to another epSOS piloting country.

The Swiss Federal Council has recently approved and submitted to Parliament a bill foreseeing the creation of electronic patient records containing the medical data of persons residing in Switzerland in order to make it available to healthcare professionals.

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt announced on 17 May 2013 a new £260 million (approx. €305 million) fund for hospitals to increase the use of technology.

European Commission Vice-President Neelie Kroes has awarded prizes to eHealth SMEs from Finland, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland and United Kingdom as part of eHealth Week 2013 in Dublin, Ireland.

The Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has recently developed an app to run virtual glaucoma clinics.