Nuance releases Dragon Medical 10

Nuance Communications has released the latest version of its Dragon Medical 10 speech recognition software for the healthcare sector, in
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Call to scrap ‘illegal’ NHS patient database

A quarter of all government databases, including NHS Detailed Care Records Service and NHS CRS Secondary Uses Service, are illegal
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Agfa-Gevaert Healthcare’s sales falter

Full year results from Belgium’s Agfa-Gavaert show that sales fell 8.6% to €1.23 billion in 2008. Included in the decline
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Siemens buys i.s.h.med from T-Systems Austria

Siemens, SAP, and T-Systems Austria, have completed a deal that will see Siemens take over i.s.h.med software that it had
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IBA Health raises £58m on Australian stock market

IBA Health, the Australian parent company of iSoft, has launched a funding round on the Australian stock market, seeking to
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NHS boss puts programme tender on table

NHS chief executive David Nicholson told MPs on Wednesday that the Department of Health is going to tender for alternatives
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Sweden’s Ortivus signs antivirus deal

Swedish health IT specialist Ortivus has signed an agreement with Swedish IT security provider SE46 AB.
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Bulgarian Ministry of Health chooses Agfa PACS

The Bulgarian Ministry of Health has chosen Agfa HealthCare to integrate diagnostic imaging at four leading hospitals. Agfa will implement
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Bahía wins Cantabrian medical imaging deal

Spanish software developer Bahía Software has been awarded a contract to develop and consolidate a plan for scanning medical images
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Insider view: Jon Hoeksma

A shake-up at the top of NHS IT will see power shift from NHS Connecting for Health to Whitehall, says
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