The General Optical Council (GOC), the regulator for optometrists and dispensing opticians in the UK, has reported on the success of its Continuing Education and Training (CET) scheme. The groundbreaking scheme provides a fully validated record of continuing education activity, to ensure registered opticians keep their skills and knowledge up to date.

The GOC was the first healthcare body to introduce a web-based platform to record and manage continuing post-qualification training activities.

BridgeForward Software, Inc, a leading provider of application integration technology to the UK and US healthcare industry today announced that it has been selected by Capio Healthcare UK - one of the largest independent healthcare providers in the UK - to provide system-wide application integration throughout all of its healthcare facilities in the UK.

Google Health Product discussions have been again refreshed after several official and non-official Google Health Prototype related news articles.

According to the recent New York Times article, Google executives would not comment on the Google Health prototype, other than to say the company plans to experiment and see what people want.

Orion Health Limited, a leading provider of integration and clinical workflow technology to the health sector, was pleased to announce today that Rhapsody™ Integration Engine continues to be adopted at a rapid rate by NHS Trusts in England, answering the need to link together internal hospital systems as well as interface to systems deployed under NHS Connecting for Health.

Spellex Corporation announces the new release of the 2007 version of their popular bioscience spelling software for Microsoft and other programs. The new release includes more than 200,000 specialty words from the bioscience industry and new spelling engine enhancements.

Anoto Group, the pioneer in Digital Pen & Paper (DPP) technology, has launched the Anoto Forms Solution, a ready-made hardware and software package that will enable the healthcare market to roll out DPP applications more quickly and easily.

SHL Telemedicine Ltd. (SWX: SHLTN), a leading provider and developer of advanced personal telemedicine solutions, announced that its German subsidiary PHTS Telemedizin will provide telemedicine services in the Coburg region (north of Bavaria, Germany). Private health insurer HUK-Coburg-Krankenversicherung is joining insurer Deutsche BKK in a project with the Klinikum Coburg for the region of Coburg.