Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE:PHG, AEX: PHI) has supported a research project that shows heart failure patients who used an interactive telehealth system with motivational support tools at home spent less time in hospital and felt their quality of life had significantly improved over 12 months evaluation period.

iSOFT Group Limited, one of the world's largest healthcare information technology companies, has received the Frost and Sullivan, 2010 European Business Analytics Systems Competitive Strategy Leadership Award.

GE Healthcare IT, a division of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), announced an agreement with Euromedic Diagnostics that will implement web-based PACS solutions in their Poland and Hungary-based healthcare institutions.

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) announced at the World Congress for Information Technology that it will be expanding availability of the Intel® Health Guide in Europe and is working with strategic industry partners in France, Germany, Spain and The Netherlands to bring localised versions of the Intel Health Guide to market over the coming year.

System C's Medway Proxima PAS has gone live at the new Circle Health hospital in Bath. CircleBath opened its doors in March this year with the aim of significantly improving clinical outcomes, patient experience and value in healthcare by bringing together the best in service, architectural design and clinical practice.

Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) announced the launch of the Philips Livable Cities Award, an initiative designed to generate practical, achievable ideas for improving the health and well-being of people living in cities. Individuals, community or non-governmental groups and businesses are eligible to participate in the Award program that comprises a total prize fund amounting to 125,000 Euros.

Research from a global survey by BridgeHead Software, the Healthcare Storage Virtualization (HSV) company, has revealed that medical images, scanned documents, email and advances towards the Electronic Patient Record are the likely causes for the upsurge in healthcare data that is already challenging hospitals and set to grow further in the foreseeable future.