gematik, the Society for Telematic Applications of the Health Card mbH, has approved the ICW Healthcare Connector based on SINA for online use in the official health card test regions. This allows health insurance policy holders' data sets (name, insurance number, coverage and payment status, etc.) to be updated online on the electronic health card (eHC). 
iSOFT Group Limited (ASX: ISF) - Australia's largest listed health information technology company today announced that it renewed a contract, worth 3.33 million (A$5.9 million), to support and maintain its regional primary care solution with the Castilla la Mancha Healthcare Service (SESCAM) in Spain for a further four years. 
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) today announced additional connectivity options for customers for the Intel® Health Guide*, reflecting increased momentum for Intel's next-generation remote patient monitoring solution. In order to give payers and providers more flexibility in deploying the Intel Health Guide, the system is now available to connect patients and their healthcare teams via multiple connectivity options, including cable/DSL broadband, mobile wireless and residential phone services, also known as plain old telephone service (POTS)#. 
The North London Community Dermatology Service (NLCDS), which started 1st July 2008 and based at The Royal Free Hospital Hampstead, are now benefiting from receiving appointment reminders to their mobiles phones via text message on an ongoing basis. The NLCDS have started using the iPLATO Patient Care Messaging (PCM) system in line with an increasing trend to utilise mobile technology to efficiently communicate with out-patients. 
Carestream Health has reported broad-based interest in the industry's first wireless, cassette-size detector - the CARESTREAM DRX-1 System - scheduled to be available this summer. A number of European healthcare facilities have placed advance orders with the UK, Germany and Austria leading the way with orders from: