Mobile, AL-based CPSI, a provider of healthcare information solutions to rural and community hospitals, today announced it will acquire Healthland for $250 million, payable approximately 65% in cash and 35% in CPSI common stock. Under terms of the acquisition, CPSI will also acquire Healthland's affiliates, Healthland Inc., American HealthTech, Inc. and Rycan Technologies, Inc.
The acquisition will further strengthen CPSI’s position in providing healthcare information systems to community
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KLAS Report Finds Cerner, InterSystems Top Global EMR Vendors
A new KLAS report finds EMR vendors Cerner and InterSystems as the top-performing fully rated global multiregional vendors. Provider surveys and commentary show that Cerner performs very well in Europe and the Middle East, while InterSystems performs well in Asia/Oceania and the Middle East. The report also finds Allscripts had the highest score in the Europe market.
The report, "Global EMR Performance 2015" highlights vendor performance by region, shows that Epic performs best in
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Practice Fusion Appoints Tom Langan as Permanent CEO
Practice Fusion, the cloud-based EHR platform has appointed Tom Langan as its permanent Chief Executive Officer. Langan has been interim CEO of Practice Fusion since August of this year, replacing Ryan Howard who assumed the position of Chairman of the Board. This also follows Langan’s appointment as a member of Practice Fusion’s Board of Directors in September of this year, a role which he will continue to fill following his appointment as permanent CEO.
“Practice Fusion has been a
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CACI Awarded $77M Contract to Build Military Health Clinical Analytics Systems
CACI International Inc has been awarded a $76.8 million three-year contract to provide build the next generation military health clinical analyics systems to the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWARSYSCEN) Atlantic.
Contract Details
SPAWAR Systems Center Atlantic provides advanced health IT solutions that support the Defense Health Agency (DHA) and military health. Under the contract, CACI will build, deploy, and maintain state-of-the-art medical intelligence and decision
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Walgreens to Implement Epic EHR Across Its 400 Clinics
On Thursday, retail pharmacy giant Walgreens announced it will implement Epic's EHR platform across 400 of its healthcare clinics starting in early 2016. The move to EpicCare will help further enhance care coordination among providers, while also supporting the long-term growth plan for its clinic business.
“We’re pleased to welcome Walgreens to the Epic family and look forward to supporting their goal of improving access to high quality, coordinated care,” said Carl Dvorak, Epic president.
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VHA Appoints Fred Mingo To Lead Vista EHR Evolution
Former Navy officer Fred Mingo has been appointed by the Veterans Health Administration to serve as the VHA's deputy program executive for Vista Evolution, a multibillion-dollar, multiyear plan to improve the Department of Veterans Affairs' Vista EHR system. Mingo previously served as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for professional and IT services firm ICF International.
The VistA Evolution Program’s chief goal is achieving seamless interoperability with DoD and other healthcare
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eClinicalWorks Expands to UK, Opens New Office in London
After recently launching their new next generation ambulatory EHR solution, eClinicalWorks® is expanding its global footprint to the UK market and has inked a deal with Specsavers, an eye-care service provider that offers its services in over 1,700 stores across 10 countries. To support its growth in the UK, the company also announced it is opening a new office in London. During the past year, eClinicalWorks has secured $100 million in international business and this expansion is the latest in
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AMA, MedStar Health Partner to Drive Improvements in EHR Usability
In an effort to promote transparency around how EHRs are designed and user-tested, and drive improvements in clinician support and patient safety, the American Medical Association (AMA) and MedStar Health’s National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare have developed a comparative EHR User-Centered Design Evaluation Framework that shows a lack of focus among regulators and industry on user-centered design and usability testing.
EHR User-Centered Design Evaluation Framework Overview
The
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Baptist Health Care to Implement Allscripts Sunrise EHR
Pensacola, Florida-based Baptist Health Care Corporation has selected Allscripts Sunrise EHR solution to improve the quality and safety of patient care and better manage their business operations over Cerner and Epic. The Allscripts solution will provide Baptist with a single, comprehensive health care record for every patient that is accessible by clinicians at any point of care, including hospitals, ambulatory sites, physician practices and other trading partners. Non-clinical departments will
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Former Epic Employees Raises $3.5M for EHR Integration API
Founded by former Epic engineers, Redox, a health IT startup helping developers integrate with EHRs and health systems manage their connections to the cloud, today announced it has raised $3.5M in Series A funding led by .406 Ventures with participation by Flybridge Capital Partners and HealthX Ventures. The company hopes to solve the EHR interoperability problem with their RESTful API designed to help apps share data with almost any EHR vendor at any health system.
Redox's
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