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AuntMinnie.com Healthcare IT Insider

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

September 17, 2006

GE adds Partners in Practice

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

GE Healthcare has received an order from management firm Partners in Practice.

September 17, 2006

Siemens, NextGen sign Scott & White

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Siemens Medical Solutions and IT firm NextGen Healthcare will be providing NextGen's electronic medical record (EMR) offering to multispecialty physician practice Scott & White of Temple, TX.

September 17, 2006

Emdeon completes Practice Services sale to Sage

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Healthcare services and information technology developer Emdeon said it has completed that sale of its Tampa, FL-based Emdeon Practice Services business to Sage Software of Irvine, CA, for $565 million in cash.

September 14, 2006

HIMSS, eHealth Initiative collaborate

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The eHealth Initiative (eHI) and Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) of Chicago entered into a collaborative agreement yesterday.

September 14, 2006

Bill passed to require EHR capabilities for federal employees

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. House Government Reform Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce and Agency Organization passed a bill yesterday to amend chapter 89 of title 5 of the United States Code, to provide for the implementation of a system of electronic health records (EHRs) under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBA).

September 13, 2006

McKesson notches Tennessee sale

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Healthcare informatics developer McKesson Information Solutions has been selected to provide its Paragon healthcare information system (HIS) to Henry County Medical Center in Paris, TN.

September 13, 2006

Eclipsys nets Liberty deal

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Healthcare informatics firm Eclipsys has contracted to implement its Sunrise Clinical Manager product at Liberty Hospital in Liberty, MO.

September 13, 2006

TriZetto to buy QCSI

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Application service provider (ASP) technology developer TriZetto Group has inked a deal to acquire healthcare payor IT firm Quality Care Solutions (QCSI) for $133 million in cash and the assumption of $1.2 million in debt.

September 12, 2006

Are you considering changing jobs for the right reasons?

By Dan T. Erler

AuntMinnie.com is pleased to present part II of an ongoing series on how to survive, grow, and profit from a satisfying career in healthcare informatics, by Dan T. Erler of executive-search firm The Howard Group. Erler offers a few tools that will help address why you are considering a job change, and determine how outside influencers -- market fluctuations, political or social issues, and the expansive nature of healthcare -- hold significant sway over your decision.

September 12, 2006

Agfa nets South African RIS/PACS install

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Agfa HealthCare reported that Life Healthcare Group in South Africa has selected its Impax 6.0 PACS and RIS products for the healthcare provider's newly opened Fourways Hospital.

September 11, 2006

McKesson, TriZetto settle healthcare informatics patent dispute

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Healthcare informatics developer McKesson Information Solutions has entered into a patent litigation settlement deal with application service provider (ASP) technology developer The TriZetto Group.

September 11, 2006

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