Australia's largest listed health information technology company announced that the largest provider of independent healthcare services in the UK, General Healthcare Group (GHG) has appointed iSOFT as a strategic health information technology partner.

• Group sales increase to EUR 5,965 million; growth in Healthcare and Lighting offset by lower television sales.
• Ongoing growth at Healthcare with 5% higher sales; 9% higher equipment order intake, including double-digit growth in North America.
• Continuing strong growth of 17% in emerging markets

eHealthNews.EU Portal, is announcing its new approach in strengthening the European eHealth Industrial sector. A new section, visible at the bottom of all portal pages, named "All News by Leading European eHealth Companies" has been created. It includes web links to the detailed profiles of the most active European eHealth Industrial key players.

Agfa-Gevaert today announced its first quarter results. Group sales amounted to 753 million Euro. In local currency, sales remained stable despite the continuous impact of the strong Euro, which affected the Group's competitive position, especially in the healthcare markets. Agfa-Gevaert again succeeded in substantially lowering its Sales and General Administration costs.

During the ongoing "10.000er-Tests" for the electronic health card in Germany, more than 80 percent of all participating hospitals, doctors' offices and pharmacies in the test regions are using the CardOS HealthCare Connector from Siemens Healthcare. The connector provides the link between the IT infrastructure of healthcare service providers and the nationwide central telematic infrastructure.

Siemens Healthcare announced that Soarian Health Archive, its digital archive and document management solution, provides enhanced archiving and document management functionality for different kind of documents and data that occur in a hospital.

Intel Corporation announced Intel® SOA Expressway for Healthcare, software that provides an efficient way to exchange healthcare information inside hospitals and with health information networks. The product will allow healthcare providers to more easily connect with one another so that each can provide better care while benefiting from reduced integration costs.