Sobha Renaissance Information Technology (SRIT) will be announcing, for the first time, at Med-e-tel 2007, Luxembourg 18-20 April 2007, its rapidly progressing Integrated Health Care Exchange (iHCx) framework. The framework called ACTchange, would be driven by patient-centric health care service rules. Its core value proposition lies in the elimination of care provider's dependency on an ever-changing technology landscape in owning, building, maintaining and operating health ICT infrastructure.

ESTELE implements robuBOX™ leading technology of ROBOSOFT. This concept of tele-echography, validated by the LVR (Robotics & Vision Laboratory) of Bourges, on an original idea of Professor Arbeille and carried out first by the European Spatial Agency and the CNES, has been industrialized by ROBOSOFT, who, thanks to its experience in service robotics, succeeded in developing and producing off the shelf robots.

The smart card expert Sagem Orga describes the launch in the test regions of Schleswig-Holstein and Saxony (Germany) as an "ideal start for the new electronic health card." Around 10,000 insured persons have been able to use the electronic health card in selected medical practices since the beginning of the year. Sagem Orga is a key supplier of electronic health cards and terminals.

Microsoft Healthcare Users Group (MS-HUG) and Microsoft Corp. announced the winners and finalists for the 10th annual MS-HUG awards. This year's honors were awarded to healthcare organizations who have demonstrated significant advancements, innovation and success using Microsoft technology in the healthcare industry – ultimately helping solve major business issues and improving quality of patient care.

Specialists in broadband videoconferencing for the care industry, mediagrids, has kicked off a partner recruitment programme with the appointment of the integrated telecare services company iTelecare.

Atos Worldline, an Atos Origin company, will once again participate at this year's CeBIT in Hanover from 15 to 21 March 2007. Present on Bitkom Partner’s booth (Hall 9, Booth C52), Atos Worldline will showcase new solutions and concepts, including its upgraded card management system for processing the electronic health card, in association with the integrated security solution in the telematics infrastructure, along with the use of signature cards in its electronic invoicing offering "Worldline eInvoice".

BridgeForward Software, Inc, a leading provider of application integration technology to the US and UK healthcare industry today announced that Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, one of the leading children's hospital in the world has standardized on ClearSpan Server as it's enterprise-wide integration platform.