System C Healthcare PLC ("System C") (AIM:SYS), the provider of specialist IT products and services to the healthcare sector, announced that it has secured its appointment to a framework agreement to provide a range of IT products and services to the NHS.

The Maastricht University Medical Centre (UMC+), University Medical Center Aachen (UKA) and Royal Philips Electronics N.V. announced that they are to set up a strategic partnership, the aim of which is to pool their knowledge, expertise and experience in the field of healthcare.

Orion Health, a leading provider of integration technology for the healthcare sector, today announced that it is exhibiting its solutions during Hôpital Expo-Intermedica, from 27th to 30th May 2008 at Paris Expo - Porte de Versailles.

St Jansdal hospital in Harderwijk, the Netherlands, is now connected to the National Switchpoint (LSP) thanks to iSOFT becoming the country's first hospital able to retrieve patient medication information via the Electronic Medication Record. Three pharmacies in the region have also been connected.

IBM announced that it is collaborating with nine business partners to help healthcare providers, clinics and hospitals improve productivity, increase quality and reduce costs through the use of service oriented architecture (SOA). These partners are all working to develop their latest healthcare applications using the IBM SOA Foundation and supporting a set of open technology and industry standards.

iSOFT has installed LORENZO at the St Jansdal Hospital in The Netherlands as part of a regional Electronic Health Record (Elektronisch Patiëntendossier (EPD)) project. LORENZO EPD viewer allows GPs operating in the community to view patient records as well as laboratory, radiology and pathology reports at the hospital at Harderwijk.

Carestream Health's authorised distributor for Latvia, NMS Grupa, has reported an order for a Carestream Health digital mammography screening solution for the Mediciniska firma Dziednieciba (MFD Healthcare Group) in Riga, Latvia.