The acquisition of Bayer Healthcare's diagnostic division by Siemens Medical Solutions has been completed. Bayer Diagnostics and Diagnostic Products Corporation (DPC), acquired in July 2006, were merged into a single business unit on January 1, 2007. The new entity, "Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics," is a wholly owned subsidiary of Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. and employs more than 8,000 people worldwide. 
Royal Philips Electronics (AEX: PHI, NYSE: PHG) has announced that Agencia Valenciana de la Salut, a member of the healthcare council in Spain's Valencia region, has chosen SpeechMagic to optimize its Radiology Information System (RIS) with speech recognition. 
The clinical staff at the Norwegian hospitals of Sykehuset Telemark and Sykehuset Buskerud have a more effective daily life due to a new speech recognition solution delivered by Sykehuspartner in cooperation with TietoEnator and Max Manus AS. The new workflow is much simpler and faster, and gives substantial cost savings. The solution is the first in its field for clinical use in Norwegian hospitals. 
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Following the success of the last two World Health Care Congresses - Europe in 2005 and 2006, we are pleased to once again be the premier sponsor and host of the World Health Care Congress â Europe 2007. 
Agfa HealthCare announced yesterday it has been chosen to provide the St.-Jozef hospital, a medium-sized healthcare provider in Izegem, Belgium, with its ORBIS hospital and clinical information system, which manages the entire patient flow through all hospital departments. 
Thomson, a leading provider of clinical and management decision support solutions to healthcare professionals, announced the launch of Thomson Clinical Xpert⢠for PDAs.