By Dr. Paul Shannon FRCA MBA, Consultant Anaesthetist, Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Medical Director, CSC UK Healthcare.

Australia's largest listed health information technology company, announced that it is bringing its Lorenzo strategic healthcare solution to Apple's iPhone for medical professionals to access scans, x-rays and patients records via a prototype application due for release later this year.

EMIS Group Limited ("EMIS" or "the Group"), the UK's leading supplier of healthcare software and related services to GPs, has announced its intention to float on AIM via a placing of its shares.

Digital dictation specialist Voice Technologies has launched its new WinVoicePro software to help NHS organisations reduce turnaround times for letters to patients and clinicians to ensure compliance with the 18-week referral deadline.

System C Healthcare plc, a leading independent provider of information solutions and services to the UK health and social care sectors, announced its unaudited half-yearly results for the six months ended 30 November 2009.

Telehealth Solutions, one of the UK's leading telehealth companies, has welcomed efforts by the British Lung Foundation (BLF) to promote the care of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

iSOFT Group Limited, one of the world's largest healthcare IT companies, will release a series of new functions for its i.Laboratory range of pathology solutions and create a UK-based development team to advance the capability of the laboratory business to meet local needs.