Agfa HealthCare, a leading provider of diagnostic imaging and healthcare IT solutions, has signed an agreement with the Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg (ZOL - Eastern Limburg Hospital Group) for the installation of its ORBIS Care solution at all of its three sites.

EMIS Group plc ("EMIS" or "the Group"), the UK's leading supplier of healthcare software and related services to GPs, has received full roll-out approval for its next generation system, EMIS Web. The approval covers the core GP functionality of EMIS Web and, as a result, EMIS is now able to initiate the controlled roll-out of the product.

iSOFT Group Limited (ASX:ISF) announced an order from Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust for Savience touch-screen kiosks to cut queues and free reception and nursing staff at the Darent Valley Hospital.

CSC (NYSE: CSC) has announced that the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust Breast Screening Service Unit has become the first unit to go-live with CSC's new breast screening solution. This pioneering deployment will make the breast screening service the first in the south west peninsula region to go fully digital.

System C has launched a range of services to help NHS Trusts identify and deliver benefits from new and existing IT applications. Called BenefitsPLUS, System C's new service is available in a number of forms ranging from a low-cost fixed price benefits identification package through to a complete end-to-end benefits management and delivery service.

Linc-Cymru Housing Association has reported on the success of the first year of its newest Extra Care scheme in Newport, which is using flexible intelligent telecare solutions from Tunstall Healthcare to help older people with long-term care needs to live safely and independently in their own apartments.

IMS MAXIMS has announced the launch of its financing package around the use of its Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system. By eliminating large upfront capital costs, this new option will allow smaller independent healthcare providers to compete for NHS contracts and become an approved Choose and Book Treatment Centre.