Siemens Healthcare has announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all issued and outstanding equity of MobileMD, Inc., of Yardley, Pa., a provider of health information exchange (HIE) solutions. Since the transaction is not subject to any regulatory clearances, it is expected that the closing will occur as promptly as practicable. [...]
Acquisition Alert: Siemens Healthcare Enters into Definitive Agreement to Acquire HIE Developer MobileMD
November 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
OrthoArkansas, P.A. Selects the SRS Certified EHR for Its 33 Providers and 3 Office Locations
November 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
SRS has announced that OrthoArkansas, P.A. has selected the SRS certified EHR for its 33 providers. OrthoArkansas is headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, and has 3 office locations. “Initially, our physicians had concerns about pursuing meaningful use because they feared the negative impact it would have on their productivity — then we saw the SRS [...]
Brown & Toland Physicians Selects Allscripts Community Record to Connect 1,500 Bay Area Physicians
November 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Allscripts has announced that Brown & Toland Physicians, one of the largest independent physician associations in California, selected the Allscripts Community Record powered by dbMotion to deliver end-to-end information connectivity for its 1,500 physicians serving 335,000 Bay Area patients. The Allscripts Community Record provides Brown & Toland’s physicians and other caregivers with access to a single, comprehensive patient record. The [...]
Oakland Physician Network Services to Participate With Michigan Health Connect
November 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Michigan Health Connect (MHC) has announce that Oakland Physician Network Services (OPNS) based in Waterford, Michigan has decided to extend MHC’s health information exchange (HIE) solutions to its physician membership. This participation will further enhance care quality and coordination that OPNS physicians provide to their patients, and meet core requirements associated with Patient Centered Medical [...]
HIXNY Connects with athenahealth to Provide Access To Community Health Record on InterSystems HealthShare Platform
October 21, 2011 By 2 Comments
InterSystems Corporation has announced that Healthcare Information Xchange of New York (HIXNY) has connected its health information exchange (HIE) with the cloud-based electronic health record from athenahealth, Inc. This connection will enable physicians using athenahealth’s EHR service, athenaClinicals®, to access their patients’ community health records supplied by HIXNY’s HIE, which is built on InterSystems HealthShare™. “Physician practices [...]
Eastern Connecticut Health Network Selects MobileMD for Health Information Exchange
October 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
MobileMD, Inc., announced today a five-year agreement with Eastern Connecticut Health Network, Inc. (ECHN) of Manchester, Conn., that will enable the health system to provide state-of-the-art health information exchange (HIE) connectivity to community physicians as well as ECHN’s five outreach sites, two hospitals, and surrounding medical community including Visiting Nurse and Health Services Corporation, skilled [...]
Eastern Connecticut Health Network Selects MobileMD for HIE; Hospital System Offers Capabilities to Manchester-Area Medical Community
October 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
MobileMD, Inc., announced today a five-year agreement with Eastern Connecticut Health Network, Inc. (ECHN) of Manchester, Conn., that will enable the health system to provide state-of-the-art health information exchange (HIE) connectivity to community physicians as well as ECHN’s five outreach sites, two hospitals, and surrounding medical community including Visiting Nurse and Health Services Corporation, skilled [...]
Brown & Toland Physicians Receives $1.7 Million Grant for Accountable Care Initiatives
October 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Brown & Toland Physicians announced today that it has received a grant of $1.7 million from Blue Shield of California to implement a local electronic health information exchange (HIE) that would connect to other health information exchanges. Blue Shield announced that a total of 18 California hospitals, health systems, clinics and physician groups – including [...]
Orion Health Announces Asia Pacific Acquisition and International Collaboration with Microsoft
October 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
In two complementary agreements, Orion Health and Microsoft Corp. have joined efforts to address the eHealth needs of care delivery systems worldwide. In Asia Pacific, wholly owned subsidiary Orion Health Asia Pacific has signed an agreement to purchase Microsoft’s Hospital Information System (HIS) software assets, including RIS/PACS, previously known as Amalga HIS. In addition, the [...]
CapSite Partners With Peer Consulting to Combine IT Strategic Consulting Services With CapSite’s Hospital Purchasing Database
October 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
CapSite announced this morning that Peer Consulting has entered into a Provider Consulting Organization (PCO) agreement with CapSite. The agreement enables Peer Consulting to offer the CapSite service to healthcare providers as part of consulting engagements. “We believe the CapSite Hospital Purchasing Database, when combined with other services offered by select consultants for their provider [...]
