The University Clinic of Schleswig-Holstein (UC S-H) commissioned a consortium of bidders including Siemens, Bilfinger Berger and HSG Technischer Service with the construction and operation of the first particle therapy center (PTC) in Northern Germany. With overall costs of roughly 250 million EUR, this represents the largest public private partnership (PPP) project ever launched in the German healthcare sector. 
IBA Health Group company iSOFT has today signed an agreement with US-based Sentillion to become its first healthcare channel partner in Europe for its single sign-on (SSO), context management, and user provisioning solutions. 
Both revenues and earnings of CompuGROUP have increased significantly in the business year 2007, and the company is now looking back on the most successful business year in its history. All projected revenues and targeted results have been met. Both the Health Provider Services (HPS) and Health Connectivity Services (HCS) segments have shown an excellent development compared to the previous year's results and are meeting the company's expectations. 
Google Health project had a long way before it has been officially launched and hopefully the eHealth (Healthcare IT) sector will appreciate some useful lessons in announcing new products and learning from the "in advance" feedback. Nevertheless, one of the main lessons remains the power of the eHealth (Healthcare IT) blogosphere. If you still have some doubts, you are very welcome to explore the Google Health related articles applied to the Google Finance Pictures (Google stock). Developing networks, improving communication, simplifying work - the term "workflow" includes all of this and is playing an increasingly important role in modern healthcare. At the ECR (European Congress of Radiology) in Vienna, Austria, Siemens Healthcare is presenting a whole array of IT services for radiology and its communication within hospitals and with physicians' practices. At the European Congress of Radiology 2008 (ECR 2008) Siemens Healthcare presents its comprehensive portfolio for radiology and introduces numerous new solutions and products for the improvement of workflows in this special medical field. On the occasion of the Women's Health Days organized by the European Society of Radiology in Vienna, Siemens also places special focus on the topic of "Breast Care". 
Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) today highlighted its leadership in the financing and management of medical technology solutions at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) in Vienna. Eric-Jan Rutten, General Manager of the company's Professional Healthcare Solutions division in EMEA, used the congress's hospital management symposium as a platform to argue that change in the way medical technology is provided to hospitals is essential to improve patient care whilst managing costs.