Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) today announced the appointment of Jan Kimpen as the company’s Chief Medical Officer, effective January 1, 2016. This function will play an increasingly important role in supporting the company's strategic focus on the HealthTech market and Dr. Kimpen will add a wealth of related experience to Philips' senior management team. 
Brainlab, a global leader in medical technology, achieves major sales milestone with Airo® Mobile Intraoperative CT in just a little over a year since the first shipment. University of Utah Health Care and Henry Ford Hospital round out the 50 hospitals to have already acquired Airo for enhanced surgical decision-making. 
SERMO, the leading social network for doctors with nearly 470,000 members in seven countries, has announced its latest international expansion, opening its doors to 260,000 Mexican and 232,000 Spanish doctors. SERMO is the largest global social network exclusively for physicians available now in Australia, Canada, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand, South Africa, Spain, the UK and the US. 
Agfa HealthCare announced today it has been ranked first in three categories of MD Buyline's Q2.2015 "User Satisfaction Trending" Survey for Radiographic Unit, Digital and Conventional. Taking the top spot in "System Reliability," "Service Response Time," and "Service Repair Quality," Agfa HealthCare's Direct Radiography (DR) systems were rated higher than the competition in these areas according to survey findings. 
Global population health management firm Orion Health (OHE:NZX/ASX) has signed a contract with retail pharmacy giant Boots UK Limited to provide technology to enable community pharmacists across UK and Ireland to deliver enhanced in-store clinical services. 
The Journées Françaises de Radiologie (JFR) is one of the major meeting places for radiology professionals in Europe, Africa, the Near and Middle East. At this year's exhibition, to be held in Paris from October 16 - 19, Carestream will be showcasing the newest innovations to its portfolio on stand No. 1T01. Agfa HealthCare announces that it has been selected as one of the approved suppliers in the NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) Healthcare Clinical Information Systems Framework. This four-year, £1.25 billion framework - which can be extended by an additional two years - speeds up and simplifies the healthcare IT systems tender process for healthcare providers.