Mike Miliard
A new research report from MarketsandMarkets (M&M), a U.S.-based global market research and consulting firm, shows that the telemedicine market in Brazil, Russia, India and China can be expected grow to nearly half a billion dollars in the coming years.
The Ingenix buying spree marches on. In its third major acquisition in less than a month - after its purchase of Picis and Executive Health Resources - the firm, which is the health IT division of UnitedHealth Group, announced on Monday that it is adding San Jose, Calif-based Axolotl to the fold.
The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded General Dynamics Information Technology's ViPS, a contract to support the Department of Early Retiree Reinsurance Program (ERRP). The total contract is worth $80.3 million over four years if all options are exercised.
GE Healthcare announced that its Centricity Practice Solution version 9.5 has been inspected by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) and is a premarket conditionally CCHIT Certified 2011 Ambulatory EHR, with additional certification for child health and cardiovascular medicine with advanced reporting.
A new study from KLAS shows that, while there's no enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendor that overwhelmingly satisfies clients, the limited options in that market mean that migrating to a new one may not be worth the cost.
The Health 2.0 Developer Challenge, an initiative seeking to stimulate innovative application development and data use for healthcare, announced four new challenges that could net winners more than $15,000.
Asserting itself in a market that's become more and more crucial for healthcare, IBM is making a play in the area of data capture with its announcement Tuesday that it will acquire Datacap Inc., a privately-held company based in Tarrytown, NY.
They're tiny: often just the size of a grain of rice or even a mote of dust. And they're cheap: usually just ten bucks or so. But radio frequency identification (RFID) chips pack a powerful punch. And they're being used in more – and more interesting – ways than ever.
There's a sense of relief across the industry that the just-unveiled meaningful use criteria are less stringent than many had feared, striking the right note between rules-based accountability and the freedom needed to foster wider implementation.
Information technology and services company Ingenix has signed a merger agreement to acquire Wakefield, Mass.-based Picis, which provides health information solutions for the high-acuity areas of hospitals.