Electronic health records systems developer Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions has announced the completion of its acquisition of Eclipsys Corp., also an EHR systems developer.
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Thomson Reuters, an information broker, media company and a provider of research and data analysis for healthcare and other industries, announced it acquired Healthcare Data Management, a firm specializing in healthcare data...
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The Food and Drug Administration has launched a new performance-measure initiative that will allow the general public to track how well the agency is doing in meeting key goals.
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The Veterans Affairs Department, which has been a pacesetter in healthcare information technology for more than 30 years, is proving to be a role model once more. This time it is giving patients easier access to their own...
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Medical technologies company Aethon, Pittsburgh, has named Kevin Newton vice president of operations and quality assurance.
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"Relief." It's the first word that came out of Karen Bell's mouth when asked how she felt about Monday's big news.HHS had tapped the...
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Stephan Erberich has been named director of biomedical informatics at the Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. The newly created position is one way the hospital is emphasizing its focus on clinical...
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The Advanced Medical Technology Association, a medical-device trade group, has filed a
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, along with other economic forces, will significantly change the way hospitals and physicians work with one another. To help measure that change, Modern Healthcare, in...
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One of the final missing pieces in the federal electronic health-record subsidy program has fallen into place.
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Modern Healthcare's fifth annual survey of patient satisfaction measurement firms is now open. This survey is intended for U.S. patient-satisfaction firms that analyze various sectors of the healthcare industry.
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Medical Action Industries, a Brentwood, N.Y.-based manufacturer of disposable medical products, has paid $62.5 million in cash to acquire Toano, Va.-based AVID Medical, a producer of surgical custom procedure trays.
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Ebix, which provides software and e-commerce services to the insurance industry, said it will acquire A.D.A.M., which develops and publishes health information articles and illustrations, for $66 million.
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As the Veterans Affairs Department put another toe in the water of electronic health information exchange with the private sector, one of the oldest and most prominent of the nation's regional health information exchanges...
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Richard Noe will succeed Mark Day as CEO of iSalus Healthcare, an Indianapolis-based company that specializes in online electronic health-record systems, practice management software and billing tools. Information about...
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