Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) was chosen for a new 33-month contract by Premier Purchasing Partners, L.P., the group purchasing unit of Premier Inc. The new agreement, effective April 1, 2008, provides Premier's more than 1,600 member hospitals and 51,000 additional healthcare sites with access to contracts for Philips Xcelera PACS for Cardiology and Philips iSite PACS for Radiology. 
Klinikum Chemnitz gGmbH has become one of the first hospitals in Germany to link its teleradiology service with the electronic health record (EHR). This means that, effective immediately, data obtained from a remote diagnosis, e.g. computed tomography images and the corresponding findings, can be stored in a shared health record and then used for information exchange between different facilities participating in the patient's treatment. 
Telehealthcare has the potential to radically transform health and social care delivery and support the Government's goal of providing integrated, person-centred care services within the community. This is according to a panel of leading healthcare experts, directors of adult and community services and the Local Government Association. 
After an extensive tender procedure, Hirslanden, the leading Swiss private clinic group, has opted for the master patient index in the professional suite offered by eHealth specialist InterComponentWare (ICW). 
TietoEnator's home care planning system Laps Care nominated in the international Franz Edelman Award 2008 competition as a top finalist. The competition brings together dozens top examples of innovations improving the efficiency of organizations and the quality of human life, from all over the world. 
System C Healthcare PLC ("System C") (AIM:SYS), the provider of specialist IT products and services to the healthcare sector, announced that it has secured its appointment to a framework agreement to provide a range of IT products and services to the NHS. The Maastricht University Medical Centre (UMC+), University Medical Center Aachen (UKA) and Royal Philips Electronics N.V. announced that they are to set up a strategic partnership, the aim of which is to pool their knowledge, expertise and experience in the field of healthcare.