Petra Wilson, a Director for Public Sector Healthcare in Cisco's Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG), has been elected Chair of the HIMSS EMEA Governing Council. Christopher Nolan from the Healthcare Informatics Society of Ireland is appointed Vice Chair. Both were unanimously elected by the HIMSS EMEA Governing Council on 2 July 2007, and will serve for one year, until 30 June 2008.

Mediagrids today announced that it is to showcase its ground-breaking broadcare system at the Telecare 2007 event in Birmingham on 27th September. The broadband-based video system heralds the next generation of telecare provision and is already disrupting older architectures, according to the Company.

Following the successful launch of CoroNet in Sweden, Ortivus now continues to build up its international sales of the system. Two of the most important markets in Europe are Italy and Spain where Ortivus now signs a partner agreement with the well-reputed and market leading company et medical devices - cardiette - CARDIOLINE.

RSLSTEEPER, the largest supplier of Prosthetic and Orthotic patient care services in the UK, has teamed up with healthcare solutions provider, Docobo, to provide clients with doc@HOME, an integrated telehealth solution for the remote management of patients with chronic diseases or long term health conditions such as chronic heart failure, diabetes and hypertension.

Docobo is the leading UK telehealth organisation that designs, develops and manufactures products supporting the management of patients in their own homes.

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.

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 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.