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GE launches $1.2 billion bid for IDX

By Erik L. Ridley

GE Healthcare has moved aggressively to broaden its presence in the healthcare IT market, announcing an agreement today to purchase IT giant IDX Systems in a cash deal valued at $1.2 billion.

September 28, 2005

Riverview joins Misys client list

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Healthcare information technology developer Misys Healthcare Systems of Raleigh, NC, reported that it has signed a contract with Riverview Hospital of Noblesville, IN, to deploy its Misys CPR computer-based patient record application.

September 28, 2005

Eclipsys upgrades Cottage Health

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Healthcare informatics firm Eclipsys has begun installation of the company's Sunrise Clinical Manager 3.5XA at Cottage Health System in Santa Barbara, CA.

September 26, 2005

New electronic healthcare claims standard published

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has published a proposed rule adopting standards for electronic healthcare claims attachments.

September 25, 2005

Amicas promotes Gutwillig

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiology image and information systems firm Amicas has promoted company veteran Barry Gutwillig to executive director of marketing and business development.

September 21, 2005

Etiam unveils DICOM MPEG viewer

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

French medical imaging software developer Etiam has released LiteBox 2.70, a DICOM MPEG viewer.

September 20, 2005

Encentuate names Everton as VP

Enterprise-access security developer Encentuate of Foster City, CA, has named Maren Everton as its vice president of healthcare solutions.

September 20, 2005

Cerner partners with RxHub

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Healthcare information systems provider Cerner of Kansas City, MO, reported that it has formed a joint venture with medication history and pharmacy benefit information content provider RxHub of St. Paul, MN.

September 19, 2005

Philips adds Citrix capabilities for SR

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Philips Speech Processing of Vienna, Austria, said it has released an enhancement to its SpeechMagic voice recognition platform enabling its use in Citrix-based computing environments.

September 19, 2005

peerVue expands product offerings

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Software developer and healthcare consulting provider peerVue of Burlington, VT, has bolstered its product base by expanding into healthcare information technology (IT) professional services.

September 19, 2005

TeraMedica debuts oncology software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Medical informatics firm TeraMedica has introduced Evercore Oncology Information Manager, a software package designed to integrate and manage all radiation oncology and radiation therapy data into a single infrastructure.

September 19, 2005

Siemens, 3M team up

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Siemens Medical Solutions and 3M Health Information Systems have joined forces, allowing Siemens to embed 3M's Medical Necessity Dictionaries into its Soarian health information system package.

September 18, 2005

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