Agfa HealthCare, a leading provider of IT-enabled clinical workflow and diagnostic imaging solutions, announced that it has won a contract to install its ORBIS (TM) solution at 37 hospitals France, belonging to the Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) group. 
Carestream Health and the San Salvatore Hospital in the Province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo Region of Italy, are developing a module for the KODAK CARESTREAM Radiology Information System (RIS) that allows General Practitioners (GPs) within the region to directly book digital X-ray examinations for their patients and receive the results back on their PC. 
SCM Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCMM, Prime Standard: SMY), a leading provider of solutions that open the Digital World, announced today that its eHealth200 BCS terminal has been approved by the gematik - the German healthcare organization overseeing the implementation of Germany's eHealth card program. 
Hospital intensive care units (ICUs) generate extraordinary amounts of clinical data on a daily basis - thousands of data elements per day, per patient. Meanwhile, busy clinicians, who are often understaffed in these areas, need to concentrate on providing expert patient care while minimizing potential risks. 
An online advertising service that will help 'hook up' NHS providers with healthcare suppliers was announced today by Health Minister Ben Bradshaw. Speaking at the Laing and Buisson Independent Healthcare Convention, he set out how the new website, NHS Supply2Health will make it easier for Primary Care Trust (PCT) commissioners to advertise health and social care services they require and for suppliers to identify business opportunities within the NHS. 
Manhattan Research, a leading provider of access to physician and consumer opinions on the global healthcare market, reveals today the top pharmaceutical web sites visited by European consumers. Bayer moves into the top spot from last year's ranking at #2. Roche and Pfizer take this year's second and third spots respectively.