Philips Speech Recognition Systems Announces Professional Services Portfolio
Royal Philips Electronics (AEX: PHI, NYSE: PHG) announced the launch of its services portfolio which enables its global network of SpeechMagic partners to access the company's know-how and expertise in the field of healthcare documentation. The aim of the services is to facilitate the integration, deployment and support of the SpeechMagic platform as well as providing expert consultancy to maximize productivity gains in medical reporting. 
CSW Group is once again ranked in the Real Business/LDC Hot 100 league table, which charts
the UK's fastest-growing privately owned businesses. This follows the award of 'SME
Organisation of the Year' given to CSW at the prestigious British Computer Society (BCS) IT
Awards at the end of last year. 
Open Health Tools (OHT) today announced a collaborative effort between national health agencies, government-funded organizations and agencies, major healthcare providers, international standards organizations and companies from Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States to develop common healthcare IT products and services. 
Atos Origin, a leading international IT services provider, announced the signing of a five-year contract with the Gesellschaft für Telematikanwendungen der Gesundheitskarte mbH (gematik) for the implementation of the German electronic health card. 
Ascribe plc (AIM:ASP), the innovative health IT Group, today announced that it has successfully installed its Web Pharmacy solution at the Royal Bolton Hospital, part of the Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust and that the site is completely operational. One unique aspect of this 'Go Live' was that, on the same day that the hospital changed its pharmacy IT system, they also brought online a robotic dispensing system; thereby taking a massive leap forward in improving patient care and safety.