In the frames of the upcoming World of Health IT Conference 2007 Sun™ Microsystems will be presenting the Sun™ Virtual Desktop Solution - Caregiver mobility with security. The Sun™ Virtual Desktop Solution addresses healthcare desktop challenges by providing caregiver information mobility with security. The Sun solution starts with virtualizing complete desktop environments and installing them in the datacenter where they can be secured, managed, and maintained. Now, a few servers can be managed instead of hundreds or thousands of desktop devices.

Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) announced a new patient monitor and a new multi-measurement module that will help clinicians and first responders better focus on treating patients, whether transporting patients through various departments of the hospital for care, or responding to an emergency in the field. Philips' new IntelliVue MMS X2 and IntelliVue MP2 are the latest examples of the company's commitment to patient care and safety.

BridgeForward Software, a leading provider of application integration technology to the healthcare industry will introduce an embeddable, private-label version of its flagship interface engine, ClearSpan Server™ for the European market at the World of Health IT Conference being held in Vienna, Austria next week.

European consumers have been a long-neglected piece of the strategic puzzle for most marketers at health and pharmaceutical companies. Yet signs increasingly point to the degree to which European consumers are, in fact, researching health information and treatment options, and ultimately taking action as a result of those information searches.

Collexis (OTCBB: CLXS), a leading developer of high-definition search and discovery software, and their German partner, SyynX Solutions, announced they will preview a new life sciences social networking site to representatives from global book publishing and multimedia companies at the Frankfurt Book Fair in Frankfurt, Germany.

Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG; AEX: PHI) announced the results of a survey conducted by Fazzi Associates of more than 950 home care agencies in the United States through the Philips National Study on the Future of Technology and Telehealth in Home Care. While only 17 percent of home care agencies are currently using a telehealth system, the industry should expect the number of agencies using remote patient monitoring to double over the next two years as one-third reported they are planning to purchase a system.

The first electronic prescription in the new EU member state of Bulgaria was issued and dispensed at an event presided over by the Bulgarian Minister of Health, Professor Radoslav Gajdarski, and the Minister of Public Administration and Administrative Reform, Dr. Nikolay Vassilev. The online transaction officially launched the pilot system for the Bulgarian electronic health card (eCard).