Siemens Healthcare introduces the Symbia Evo Excel SPECT system at the 27th Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM). The system is a new version of the successful Symbia E. Symbia Evo Excel combines industry-leading SPECT image resolution and detector sensitivity with the smallest room size requirement in its class*. 
Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) has acquired the CE mark for diagnostic use of its Philips Digital Pathology Solution. European pathologists will now be able to use the full digital solution as an aid in diagnosis for routine pathology, such as primary diagnosis of oncology. 
Carestream has been selected by the Union des Groupements d'Achat Public (UGAP), France's national procurement agency, to supply a range of radiology and IT solutions to the hospital sector. UGAP is the largest general public procurement agency in France whose role and procedures are defined by Le Code des marches publics, procurement rules laid down by the French Government that release its clients from prior advertising or competitive tendering. Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) and hospital Reinier de Graaf, Delft, the Netherlands, have announced the signing of a 15-year partnership to improve the delivery of care and the patient experience at the 622-bed Dutch hospital. The agreement covers the group's four hospital sites, including a new facility due to open in August 2015, which together serve a patient population of 251,000. 
Ascom Wireless Solutions, a global provider of mission-critical communication systems, has announced the launch of its ground-breaking mobile device, the Ascom Myco. It combines the capabilities of a smartphone with a set of features specifically designed for the healthcare environment, and especially for nurse communications and efficient management of clinical workflows. Today at the Dreamforce 2014 conference in San Francisco, Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG; AEX: PHIA) and Nijmegen, the Netherlands-based Radboud university medical center (Radboudumc) announced the debut of a prototype to support patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).