Agfa HealthCare announced that Classic Hospitals, a group of ten hospitalsbased in Reading (UK), has signed an £1.5 Million agreement to install AgfaHealthCare's next-generation Picture Archiving and Communications System(PACS), IMPAXTM6.2.

The website reflects the modern design of Case Notes' new user interface and includes the primary features and benefits of the Case Notes base system, modules, tools and packages. The website also provides in-depth information about Case Notes' innovative functionality and detailsinformation on the four main areas of the product:

The flat detector (FD) has already replaced the image intensifier in cardiology and angiography. It will enjoy a similar future in radiography. However, presently many users shy away from the higher investment costs involved in this change. But with the new Axiom Aristos VX Plus, Siemens is introducing a system that facilitates entry into fully digital radiography.

Agfa HealthCare announces the launch of the new CR 30-X, a versatile tabletop Computed Radiography (CR) solution. The compact digitizer offers the same efficiency and high image quality that users would expect in full floor-size models.

Growing demand for medical services, increasing cost pressures, ecological responsibility and the special security requirements make the operation of hospitals an extremely challenging task. Siemens Building Technologies offers a comprehensive portfolio of solutions and products that extensively integrates hospitals' technical infrastructure and thus creates economic benefits as well as greater security for patients and staff.

TietoEnator has developed a voice control solution for recording dental findings in an electronic patient data record. The development work was carried out in cooperation with three Finnish joint municipal authorities providing primary healthcare services. The purpose of voice control is to promote the efficiency and quality of oral healthcare.

IBM Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Samuel J. Palmisano announced that the company will invest $100 million over the next two years to pursue ten new businesses generated by InnovationJam, an unprecedented experiment in collaborative innovation held earlier this year.