This blog is a complementary space to the Microsoft Health Blog and will try exploring, informing, debating and discussing the many issues and opportunities surrounding the adoption and implementation of the latest information technology solutions in healthcare in EMEA region. Microsoft EMEA Health Blog looks forward to sharing experiences and viewpoints in healthcare especially in EMEA and across the world. 
Agfa HealthCare, a leading provider of diagnostic imaging and healthcare IT solutions, announces today that the Centre Hospitalier du Mans in France has selected Agfa HealthCare's leading Hospital and Clinical Information System (HIS/CIS) ORBIS(TM) to support the implementation of a full Electronic Patient Record (EPR) solution.
Being venturesome in business can pay off. And the Somatom Definition, the world's first CT scanner with two X-ray tubes, has the sales figures to prove it. Since its market launch at the end of 2005, this system has already been installed over 500 times in leading clinics throughout the world. This proves that dual-source technology is in demand not only in research, but in routine diagnostics as well. 
At the SmarterCities forum, IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced the opening of its first European Analytics Solution Center in Berlin, initially designed to serve public sector clients, universities and healthcare organizations. The new center is the first step, in a recently announced global network that addresses the emerging market for advanced analytics capabilities, which will help clients build smarter business systems and drive improved decision-making. 
Australia's largest listed health information technology company has announced that Klinikum Saarbrücken will become the fifth early adopter site in Germany for its LORENZO next-generation solution, as part of a 1.08 million (A$1.9 million) deal for a hospital information system. The Extremadura Regional Government of Spain and IBM (NYSE: IBM) have launched an electronic prescription system in 680 pharmacies in Extremadura, where health centres and pharmacies are now computerised and able to prescribe and dispense prescription medications electronically. 
European healthcare facilities are turning to vendor-neutral, multi-modality breast imaging workstations to streamline reading of digital breast exams. The KODAK CARESTREAM Mammography Workstation enables diagnostic review of all breast imaging exams (FFDM, ultrasound, MR, CR and others) as well as all general radiology exams.