While the festive period has left some people overweight, the consumer electronics market is now looking rather thin. However, according to a report by Cambridge UK analysts Wireless Healthcare, some consumer electronics companies are exploiting the growing demand for devices and services that help people remain trim, fit and mentally alert.

On January 1, 2007, Siemens Medical Solutions took over Gesellschaft für Systemforschung und Dienstleistungen im Gesundheitswesen mbH (GSD), headquartered in Berlin. With more than 300 customers in 14 countries, GSD is a market leader in the area of health information systems (HIS).

Medify Solutions Limited announced that it has been awarded Vodafone Certified application status for its MedifyRemote™ application. MedifyRemote™ is the first application of its type and allows healthcare professionals mobile access to review and update a patients' medical history records in a single, secure session via a standard Microsoft Windows Mobile PDA/phone device.

Designed for stationary or portable use, the Mobile Care Unit is a unique stand-alone multidevices diagnostic system operated and controlled by a tablet-PC specifically configured. The Mobile Care Unit introduces the first interoperable PC based platform enabling the interface of bio signal sensors from different source origin, and although creating a homogeneous electronic medical record that can be reviewed and transported anywhere.

The acquisition of Bayer Healthcare's diagnostic division by Siemens Medical Solutions has been completed. Bayer Diagnostics and Diagnostic Products Corporation (DPC), acquired in July 2006, were merged into a single business unit on January 1, 2007. The new entity, "Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics," is a wholly owned subsidiary of Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. and employs more than 8,000 people worldwide.

Complete medical history on a USB flash card that fits in a wallet
Walletex Microelectronics Ltd. announces its cooperation with a growing number of web-based Electronic Health Records solution providers who are using the newly patented credit-card size Wallet Flash™ USB memory device that allows convenient storage and transport of medical data.

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