Carestream Health has reported broad-based interest in the industry's first wireless, cassette-size detector - the CARESTREAM DRX-1 System - scheduled to be available this summer. A number of European healthcare facilities have placed advance orders with the UK, Germany and Austria leading the way with orders from:

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• Philips acquired Traxtal, a medical technology innovator in image-guided procedures, to strengthen its position as a leading provider of minimally invasive therapy solutions.
• Philips introduced a major advancement for cardiac ultrasound imaging of newborn babies and infants with the launch of the micro TEE, the world's smallest transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) transducer.

Australia's largest listed health information technology company today announced contract extensions in Northern Ireland totalling £8.4 million (A$17.4 million) for long-term support and maintenance services of its health information systems, including an option for one of the hospitals to progress to iSOFT's next-generation Lorenzo solution.

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InterSystems Corporation announced that the States of Jersey Health and Social Services Department has selected InterSystems TrakCare™ to facilitate an island-wide Integrated Care Record supporting its acute, community, mental health and social care services.

With rapid change taking place in the surgical environment as the range of interventional and minimally invasive procedures continues to expand, Royal Philips Electronics (AEX: PHI, NYSE: PHG) has announced the availability of the Veradius X-ray system. A mobile C-arm with a super thin, flat detector, Philips Veradius is designed to give the surgeon more flexibility and to improve patient care by streamlining workflow and improving image quality.

GE Healthcare, a division of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), and global eHealth specialist InterComponentWare, Inc. (ICW), have signed a strategic agreement to integrate and co-develop their health information exchange (HIE) solutions.