Hoaloha Robotics and Robosoft announce on an agreement to work collaboratively on the design of a socially assistive robot that can enable individuals who require assistive care to address the challenges to daily living that may come as the result of chronic illness, injury, or aging and empower individuals live more independently, with dignity, and at more sustainable costs.

G2 Speech, the leading provider of medical speech solutions, today announced that their speech recognition solution MediSpeech now supports Windows 7. The latest release of MediSpeech 5.1.1 assures that medical customers can fully work on Microsoft’s newest operating system.

BridgeHead Software and Dell are offering hospitals a new way to store their medical and administrative data: in a centralised repository, within a robust, protected, intelligent enterprise storage environment.

One of the first GP practices in England to go live with EMIS Web - the next generation system from leading GP software provider EMIS - has reported an extremely successful transition and immediate benefits.

EMIS Group plc ("EMIS" or "the Group"), the UK's leading supplier of healthcare software and related services to GPs, has received full roll-out approval for its next generation system, EMIS Web. The approval covers the core GP functionality of EMIS Web and, as a result, EMIS is now able to initiate the controlled roll-out of the product.

IMS MAXIMS has announced the launch of its financing package around the use of its Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system. By eliminating large upfront capital costs, this new option will allow smaller independent healthcare providers to compete for NHS contracts and become an approved Choose and Book Treatment Centre.

The pharmacy automation systems market in Europe is experiencing a tremendous growth spurt. Until recently, most pharmacies have been either without automation or have employed very basic automation systems. In response, the adoption rate of automation systems across Europe has been progressing from basic prescription management systems to advanced medication pick-up and drug dispensing automation systems.