Australia's largest listed health information technology company, announced that NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) has extended its contract for iSOFT Business Solutions to host its Oracle finance and purchasing applications by an additional two years.

First DataBank Europe announced sponsorship of the Prescribing and Prescriptions Management seminar to be held at independent research charity The King's Fund's premises in London on 23 March as part of the Inquiry into the Quality of General Practice.

Preliminary results from the BridgeHead Software Data Management Healthcheck survey suggest health IT managers are looking for resilient solutions for managing their electronic patient record (EPR) systems that can grow and evolve as their organisations' storage needs change over time.

Award-winning UK firm Telehealth Solutions is moving into a state-of-the-art eco business park in Watford. As part of its rapid expansion, the company will leave its home of three years in the town's Clarendon Road this weekend for 2,000sq ft of prime space at Croxley Green Business Park.

Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) and Definiens, a Germany-based company specializing in image analysis solutions, have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly develop and market clinical decision support solutions for digital pathology.

CSC (NYSE: CSC) had a significant presence at this year's World of Health IT Conference and Exhibition (WoHIT), held in Barcelona 15-18 March 2010. CSC was showcasing many of its innovative solutions and examples of best practice implemented across Europe, demonstrating how eHealthcare delivery is rapidly becoming a reality in many different countries.

At this year's World of Health IT (WoHIT) Conference in Barcelona, Spain, Tunstall Healthcare is showcasing its range of advanced telehealth and telecare solutions, which help reduce avoidable hospital admissions, improve quality of life, and help to support people with long-term conditions in their familiar home environments for longer.