Nuance Communications, Inc., a leading supplier of speech solutions, introduces version 7 of its speech recognition platform SpeechMagic and version 2.0 of SpeechMagic Solution Builder, a clinical documentation application for German-speaking countries, Finland and Spain. Nuance made the announcement during its first European healthcare partner meeting in Vienna (November 12-13, 2009).

Rudolfstiftung Hospital in Vienna, one of five main hospitals of the Vienna Hospital Association, has installed a second CARESTREAM DRX-1 System following a successful trial during the Summer of 2009. The trial was initiated as a result of the hospital modernising its facilities across three X-ray rooms in a move to meet the required high demand for images, both in terms of capacity and quality.

Orion Health Ltd., a leading provider of clinical workflow and integration technology for the healthcare sector, congratulates NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board on the opening of the new Stobhill hospital, which will provide outpatient clinics, day surgery and diagnostic services.

iSOFT Group Limited (ASX: ISF) - Australia's largest listed health information technology company has announced its plan to release Lorenzo Primary Care for the primary and ambulatory care market worldwide by 2010.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Telvent Global Services have entered into a multi-million euro agreement with Castilla y Leon Government to improve management of the province's healthcare centers. The transformation of Castilla y Leon's healthcare centers back office will allow for greater communication among primary care centers, specialized care centers, and emergency and central services allowing the healthcare system to run more efficiently, providing improved care for the local community.

InterSystems Corporation announced that States of Guernsey Health and Social Services Department (HSSD) have gone live with key foundation elements of its island-wide Electronic Health and Social Care Record (EHSCR). Guernsey has replaced its SWIFT Patient Administration System after 13 years of use, and simultaneously implemented new Accident & Emergency (A&E) and Theatre software.

System C Healthcare has won a contract from Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for its maternity information system. The order follows close on the heels of a successful go-live for the company's Medway Maternity software at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.