PHTS Telemedizin, the wholly owned German subsidiary of SHL Telemedicine Ltd. (SWX:SHLTN), has appointed Prof. Dr. med. Christoph A. Nienaber to its Medical Advisory Board. The renowned cardiologist strengthens PHTS Telemedizin with his cardiological competence and profound know-how in the implementation of telemedicine. 
An innovative neurological findings and documentation system named "NEMESYS" has been developed in the Department of Clinical Neurophysiology at Göttingen University School of Medicine. As regards content NEMESYS was developed in the Department of Clinical Neurophysiology at the University Hospital Göttingen (UKG) by Professor (Prof. Dr.) W. Paulus, Director of the Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, and private lecturer (Priv. Doz. Dr. med.) F. Tergau, St. Bernward Hospital in Hildesheim, formerly Department of Clinical Neurophysiology of the UKG. Technically NEMESYS was developed by Dipl. Phys. J. Lessing (Faculty of Physics). 
Legislation is promoting the development of healthcare IT infrastructure, while supporting efforts to enhance patient data privacy and security across the European healthcare spectrum.
"The HL7 standard, initially adopted in the United States, has subsequently been adopted by most European countries," explains Frost & Sullivan Research Analyst Vinod S.M. "European legislation emphasises the need for stable IT infrastructure and for improved patient data safety."
Clinical staff at Mid Staffordshire General Hospitals NHS Trust are now ordering tests and x-rays and getting results online with iSOFT's i.Clinical Manager (i.CM) application.
A two-month pilot project started this month on two wards at the Staffordshire General Hospital. Roll-out of i.CM to around 60 areas including wards, outpatient departments and clinics at the Staffordshire General and Cannock Chase Hospitals is scheduled to begin in September.
In Europe, where strict regulations currently govern the communication of information about prescription medicines and treatment alternatives, the primary pharmaceutical marketing focus to date has been directed at the people who write the prescriptions: the physicians. Now for the first time, Manhattan Research reveals European consumers' attitudes and preferences for finding health and pharmaceutical information with its new study, Cybercitizen® Health Europe. SHL Telemedicine Ltd. (SWX:SHLTN), a leading provider and developer of advanced personal telemedicine solutions, is pleased to announce that its wholly owned German subsidiary PHTS Telemedizin is part of an integrated care services contract in the state of Schleswig-Holstein whereby family doctors, physicians and hospitals in Schleswig-Holstein will refer patients of public
health insurance companies IKK Nord and IKK-Direkt suffering from chronic heart illnesses to PHTS Telemedizin for the reception of telemedicine services. 
Petra Wilson, a Director for Public Sector Healthcare in Cisco's Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG), has been elected Chair of the HIMSS EMEA Governing Council. Christopher Nolan from the Healthcare Informatics Society of Ireland is appointed Vice Chair. Both were unanimously elected by the HIMSS EMEA Governing Council on 2 July 2007, and will serve for one year, until 30 June 2008.