Trelleborg is set to be the latest in a long line of local authorities in the south of Sweden to roll out Tieto's Procapita solution to provide IT support for elderly care. The agreement affects 1,250 employees and around 3,700 customers.

Royal Philips Electronics (AEX: PHI, NYSE: PHG) announced that Philips OB TraceVue Version G.00.20 is 2011/2012 compliant and has been certified as an Electronic Health Records (EHR) module by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®), an ONC-ATCB, in agreement with the hospital certification criteria adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Each summer the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) faces an influx of young patients suffering from illnesses or accidents while taking family holidays far from home. At a time when many UK hospitals experience a dip in demand, the pressure on the paediatrics department covering England's second largest county is unrelenting.

Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust, a specialist NHS body responsible for mental health, learning disability and substance misuse services across the North East of England, has invested in a business intelligence and data warehousing solution from Advanced Business Solutions (ABS).

RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG, headquartered in Bad Neustadt, Germany, and the Healthcare Sector of Siemens AG plan to intensify their cooperation in the field of cancer diagnostics and therapy in Germany.

Microsoft is announcing the appointment of Elena Bonfiglioli as Senior Director Health, EMEA Public Sector; reporting to Microsoft's World Wide Health General Manager, Neil Jordan.

InterSystems announced that Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust has deployed with InterSystems Ensemble® to connect 14 clinical departmental systems. Ensemble is a seamless platform for integration and the development of connectable applications.