Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) has announced the launch of VesselNavigator*, its latest innovation in live 3D catheter navigation to guide the minimally invasive treatment of patients with vascular diseases such as aortic aneurysms (ballooning of the aorta).

The HIMSS Europe Governing Council invites nominations for three vacancies on the HIMSS Governance Council for a three year term to begin on 1 July, 2015 and end 30 June, 2018.

Ascom, a leading supplier of Healthcare ICT solutions, has developed an enhanced interface connecting the Ascom Unite middleware platform with the Ascom teleCARE IP nurse call system. This enhanced interface delivers advanced messaging behavior, improved staff assignment options and increased visibility of all nurse call message alerts through a central display.

At the third forum of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO) in Barcelona, Siemens Healthcare will be presenting a new software solution for radiation therapy: syngo.via RT Image Suite has been specially developed to make it easier for radiation oncologists to evaluate a range of clinical images such as MRI, CT, PET-CT, and cone beam CT images, and to subsequently contour tumors and the surrounding organs to be spared.

CSC (NYSE:CSC) a global leader in next-generation IT services and solutions, has signed a new contract to deliver and co-manage a first-of-type Patient Care Co-ordination Centre (PCCC) in Trafford.

At the COCIR General Assembly in Brussels, COCIR President Kevin Haydon announced that he would stand down from COCIR Presidency at the end of April 2015. Joost Leeflang has been elected as the new COCIR President and will represent Philips on the COCIR Board.

Agfa HealthCare has won the contract to install computed radiography (CR) and direct radiography (DR) solutions for the Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust. Agfa HealthCare offers a full portfolio of CR and DR solutions empowered by its next generation MUSICA imaging processing software. Under the agreement, its CR 30-X and DX-G units have been installed in all of the Trust's radiology departments.