A new monthly eNewsletter will be delivered to healthcare ICT professionals across the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region from mid-February 2007.

Produced by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) the eMessenger service will focus on one topical aspect of healthcare ICT each month and include a specially commissioned interviews with two experts in that field.

The RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG and Siemens Medical Solutions signed a contract just over a year ago for the construction and operation of a particle therapy facility. With the permit approval process and application hearing now underway, the high-tech project is beginning to take shape. Construction is expected to begin in the summer of 2007.

Suppliers in the highly competitive and fragmented European virtual screening market face challenges such as limited scientific audience and the lack of common technology standards. Also, despite the high demand for software tools, companies need to develop and introduce the right kind of tools and solutions to broaden their customer base.

WebVMC, developer of the RemoteNurse™ telehealth system that enables 24 hour virtual medical care for remote disease management, has entered into an exclusive partnership with Home Telehealth Ltd., (HTL) one of the United Kingdom's leading providers of telehealth products and managed care services.

Siemens Medical Solutions today opened the doors to a new state-of-the-art research facility dedicated exclusively to the development of molecular imaging biomarkers, which will become in vivo diagnostic tools for identifying debilitating diseases such as cancer, and neurological diseases at their earliest stages.

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).