Philips implements first commercial use of web-based PACS solution in Europe
Radiology department goes filmless at Rotterdam's St Franciscus HospitalRotterdam â Philips Medical Systems (Philips), a division of Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE:PHG, AEX:PHI), yesterday officially began the delivery of its iSite Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) service to the St Franciscus Hospital in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The service lets doctors read studies â including clinical images â from anywhere in the hospital, increasing productivity and the quality of patient care.
TietoEnator will provide the Finnish Defence Forces with a centralised patient information system. The system will be used for conscripts' appointments as well as in occupational healthcare, and it will replace the previously used garrison based system. 
"We are one of the five leading practice networks in Germany in the areas of management, structures, and IT, and we are proud to have received the highest ratings in all categories"; that is how Dr. Elmar Schmid, Initiator of the physicians' network Patient-Partner Association, expresses his joy at the excellent showing of his network in the University of Erlangen's Practice Network Study 2006. The study examined the degree of maturity of physicians' networks with regard to strategic, process-oriented, and information technology factors. The Patient-Partner Association, which uses the web-based personal health record