Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) and NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) announced the signing of an agreement under which the two companies will jointly develop and market highly integrated digital pathology solutions. Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) and Corindus Inc. announced an alliance agreement to add Corindus' robotic-assisted system for the minimally invasive treatment of obstructed coronary arteries (also known as percutaneous coronary interventions) to Philips' interventional cardiology solutions. 
The catholic hospital St Johann Nepomuk at Erfurt, Germany, is the latest iSOFT customer to install its new portal under moves to strengthen ties with local GPs, increase efficiency of treatment processes and cut costs by maximizing existing resources. 
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has selected System C's Medway Maternity software to handle over 10,000 births a year. The Trust is one of the largest acute teaching trusts in the country, providing services to over 2.5 million residents in Nottingham and its surrounding communities. 
SCM Microsystems, a leading provider of solutions for secure access, secure identity and secure exchange and a business unit of Identive Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE, Frankfurt: INV), has received its first orders for 10,000 eHealth terminals to support the relaunch of the electronic health card program in Germany. Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) announced the opening of the world's first Hybrid OR with new FlexMove - a ceiling-mounted option for the Allura Xper X-ray system, designed to optimize workflow in Hybrid ORs - at the University Hospital Zϋrich (UniversitätsSpital Zürich, USZ), Switzerland.