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SCM Microsystems' eHealth100 Terminal First to Receive GEMATIK Qualification

SCM Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCMM, Prime Standard: SMY), a leading provider of solutions that open the Digital World, announced that its eHealth100 is the first health card terminal to receive approval for participation in release 1 of the field tests of the electronic health card program in Germany. The German eHealth card program is the largest electronic healthcare project in the world to date, with planned deployment of 82 million electronic health insurance cards and thousands of health provider cards over the next few years.

Patients and Healthcare Providers to Experience Significant Benefits from the Use of the Internet

The growth of Internet applications in healthcare has been rapid. A growing number of patients are becoming increasingly involved in the healthcare service they receive. These 'power patients' possess characteristics that distinguish them from traditional patients and are an important factor in driving the use of the Internet in healthcare.

System C Healthcare announces a significant strategic step

System C Healthcare PLC ("System C") (AIM:SYS), the provider of specialist IT products and services to the healthcare sector announces a significant strategic step into the private healthcare market with the acquisition of IQ Systems Services Ltd ("IQ") for a maximum consideration of £2.16m.

IQ is a leading supplier of patient management and clinical software solutions for private treatment centres and hospitals.

Undeniable Benefits of EMR Solutions Continue to Drive Growth of European EMR Markets

Improved efficiency and patient safety, better cost containment and the desire to provide integrated healthcare are some of the major factors driving the growth of the European electronic medical record (EMR) markets. EMR offers healthcare providers the opportunity to better manage patient data, create reports and work in an integrated manner, resulting in reduced costs and superior care delivery.

WeSpot SecNurse: Intelligent Care sensor

Secumatic offers the WeSpot SecNurse, an innovative and new product for applications in care homes, nursing homes and hospitals. With the WeSpot SecNurse, the staff has the ability to monitor safe and reliable whether patients return to their beds within a specified time, without infringing the patients privacy.

The SecNurse sends an alarm to the existing nurse call system when the sensor detects that someone has left the bed, caused for example, by a fall or wandering.

A novel ontology-based biomedical search engine

When people search, they have questions in mind. GoPubMed allows to significantly faster find information needed through the use of background knowledge. GoPubMed:

retrieves PubMed abstracts for your search query,
detects terms from the Gene Ontology (GO) and Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) in the abstracts,
displays the subset of the GO and MeSH relevant to the keywords, and
allows you to browse the ontologies and display only papers containing specific GO and MeSH terms.

Hitachi in Health Care

For decades the Hitachi name in life sciences and health care has been associated with innovation and medical breakthroughs. Through a diverse group of companies, Hitachi provides a wide range of solutions to these critical markets. It is a Hitachi company that has pioneered the way in breakthrough technologies such as proton beam therapy, DNA sequencers and applied medical biotechnology including intelligent operating rooms.

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