Carestream Health has installed a PACS solution into three military hospitals in Austria to aid medical examinations for soldiers, civil servants and military attaché. The solution consists of installations at Wien-Stammersdorf in Vienna, together with hospitals at Graz and Innsbruck, all of which are linked to a central PACS archive located in Vienna. 
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) today announced that its Intel® Health Guide, a care management tool designed for healthcare professionals who manage patients with chronic conditions, is being used in the NHS Lothian telehealth programme. This 400 unit programme is one of the largest of its kind in the UK and will provide in-home care for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and other chronic conditions. 
medavis GmbH, the leading provider of radiology information systems, is reflecting on a successful business year in 2008. With a growth in customer turnover of 40 percent, the company from Karlsruhe, Germany continues on its course of expansion, even in the current financial crisis. medavis considers itself in an excellent position to face the current financial year. 
Royal Philips Electronics (AEX: PHI, NYSE: PHG) has published its Annual Report for 2008. In 2008, Philips Healthcare's sales amounted to EUR 7,649 million, 15% higher than in 2007 on a nominal basis, largely thanks to the contributions from acquired companies, notably Respironics. Excluding the 14% positive impact of portfolio changes and the 5% unfavorable impact of currency effects, comparable sales grew 6%. 
InterSystems Iberia, a technology leader of healthcare solutions distinguished by its object-oriented databases and rapid systems integration, have been awarded with National prize of Computer science and Health 2008, of the Spanish Society of Computer science of the Health (SEIS). 
careon, Germany's premier provider for personal health records and dbMotion, a prominent supplier of health interoperability and intelligence solutions, are partnering in the German-language eHealth market to meet the increasing needs for the exchange of medical information. 
ECR 2009 will kick off in Vienna on Friday, March 6th and is expected to attract over 17,000 attendees from across Europe and the world. Agfa HealthCare will be presenting an expanded portfolio of digital radiography solutions showcasing its new DX-D line of DR solutions, low dose solutions for pediatrics and neonatal, dedicated solutions for mammography and affordable modular solutions for going from analog to digital and Imaging Informatics for clinics, imaging centers, hospitals and integrated healthcare networks.