Mike Miliard
In a move that will add comprehensive government program patient eligibility and enrollment services to its existing revenue cycle management suite, Emdeon has announced it will acquire Atlanta-based Chamberlin Edmonds & Associates, which serves more than 200 acute care facilities in 30 states.
Accenture has announced that it will work with Stanford Hospital & Clinics on a seven-year, connected health technology initiative to improve patient care and operational efficiency.
Meaningful use incentives make quality - and quality reporting - an integral component of electronic health records. To help providers and vendors better understand the details behind those imperatives, HIMSS has introduced Quality 101, a new online primer on quality measurement.
Thomson Reuters announced Wednesday that it has acquired Healthcare Data Management, Inc., a King of Prussia, Pa.-based health plan benchmarking firm that will now become part of the Healthcare & Science business of Thomson Reuters.
Allscripts CEO Glen Tullman celebrated the launch of the newly-combined company today by presiding over the NASDAQ opening bell.
Lockheed Martin has announced two new agreements to support the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN). The contracts, which were awarded by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), total $9 million over two years.
NextGen Healthcare Information Systems has announced its successful collaboration with clients that received assistance through the Primary Care Information Project, a bureau of the NYC Health Department.
Ingenix Consulting has announced the launch of its Strategic Technology Solutions practice. The new service aims to help healthcare executives create health IT investment and implementation strategies that enable their organizations to prepare for fundamental shifts occurring in healthcare nationwide.
athenahealth, of Watertown, Mass., has announced that it will offer its Web-based EHR service, athenaClinicals, as a standalone offering.
Intel has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire security giant McAfee - a deal executives say underscores the crucial importance of security to information technology, and represents a "fundamentally new approach involving software, hardware and services."