Royal Philips (NYSE:PHG, AEX: PHIA) has announced that the company is the number 3 patent applicant in the world for patents filed at the European Patent Office (EPO). With a total number of 1839 patent applications filed at the EPO in 2013, Philips has shown a strong growth of 59% compared to 2012, when it held the 12th position in the EPO's yearly patent applicant ranking. 
Agfa HealthCare announces that the pediatric radiology department of University Hospitals Leuven (UZ Leuven) in Belgium has chosen to install a mobile DX-D 100 direct radiography (DR) solution with DX-D 35C digital wireless detector for its neonatal intensive care unit (ICU). 
Healthcare data management specialist, BridgeHead Software has launched HealthStore™ for FlexPod®. A data management solution, HealthStore is designed to provide hospitals with a comprehensive, end-to-end solution to manage all of the clinical and administrative data across the hospital enterprise - from critical applications such as Electronic Patient Record (EPR) systems through to Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS). Agfa HealthCare announces that it is launching the new DX-D Mobile Retrofit at ECR 2014. With this economical mobile direct radiography (DR) upgrade solution, facilities can get the most out of their existing X-ray investments by making the transition from analog film or computed radiography (CR) imaging to DR, allowing them to experience the benefits of cassette-less image capture and improved workflow and productivity. Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) has been recognized with an impressive total of 47 awards in the 2014 "iF design awards' product category". During the award ceremony that took place on February 28 in Munich, Germany, the highest level Gold Award winners were announced and Philips scooped an unprecedented 4 Gold winners from across the broad scope of Philips innovations: Agfa HealthCare announces that it has signed contracts with five hospitals throughout Belgium for a range of either new or upgraded IMPAX solutions and functionalities. While the needs of the hospitals vary, the Agfa HealthCare solutions will offer each workflow optimization, thanks to the seamless integration both by the new systems themselves and with the hospitals' existing Agfa HealthCare solutions. Agfa HealthCare has deployed its HYDMedia solution in multiple healthcare facilities in France, offering an integrated management tool for all documents, whether digital or paper. Enhanced speed of access to the documents offers healthcare enterprises increased efficiency, while moving towards a paperless environment considerably reduces associated costs.