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Lawson Software Partners with SciQuest

SciQuest, Incorporated announced the establishment of a partnership with Lawson Software. The partnership is intended to support procurement efforts. Through this partnership, clients of Lawson Software will be able to utilize the Procurement Punchout application from Lawson integrated with the SpendQuest system from SciQuest. more...

July 22, 2008 Related topics: General Management & Administration, Partnerships & Consortia

U.S. Healthcare System Performance Reported by Commonwealth

The Commonwealth Fund released results from the 2008 National Scorecard on U.S. Health System Performance (pdf). This new effort updates results previously issued for 2006, no improvements were noted during this two year interim period. more...

July 21, 2008 Related topics: Trends, Partnerships & Consortia, Quality, Safety, Errors

Contracts with State Continued for CompuMed

CompuMed, Incorporated has extended contracts with the Wyoming Department of Corrections and the Iowa Department of Corrections. Both...

Grants for EHRs Offered to Practices in Florida

Sevocity is offering small and midsize physician practices, as well as community health centers in Florida with subsidies,...

Saudi Arabia Signs Contract with QuadraMed

The National Guard Health Affairs (NGHA) recently completed a contract with QuadraMed Corporation. This deal calls for extension...

Dilon Technologies Scores Contract with Amerinet

Dilon Technologies, a company that manufactures gamma imaging systems, signed a contract with Amerinet, a group purchasing organization....

Idaho HIE Selects Axoltol to Link Clinicians

A news release issued by Axolotl Corporation indicates that a contract was completed by the organization with the...

EN-Chart Purchased by McKesson

McKesson announced the purchase of EN-Chart Scanning Program, LLC. EN-Chart provides emergency rooms with technology that supports...

Philips to Relocate Headquarters to Andover

A recent article published by Health Imaging indicates that Philips Royal Electronics will be relocating the company’s headquarters...

Patient Satisfaction Correlated with IT Used in Facilities

A report completed by the Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study indicates that facilities which deploy information technology...

Urgent Care Assoc and Joint Commission Form Partnership

The Joint Commission announced that a partnership with the Urgent Care Association of America has been formed. The...

New CEO Named by GE Healthcare

The current Chairman and CEO of General Electric, Jeff Immelt, named John Dineen the new CEO and president...

Speech Vendors Ranked by KLAS

The Speech Recognition report was recently released from KLAS; it assesses both front-and back-end vendors of speech recognition...

Horizon BCBS Introduces E-Med Safety Pilot Program

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (Horizon BCBSNJ) announced plans to commence a new pilot program...

GE Revenue Increases

General Electric released its income figures for the second quarter of 2008 recently. The company noted an eight...

SCHIEx Launches New Tool which Provides Historical Data

The South Carolina Health Information Exchange (SCHIEx) is launching a new tool which will provide clinicians with access...

Nebraska HII Signs with Axolotl

Axolotl Corporation announced that the Nebraska Health Information Initiative (NeHII) completed a contract whereby the organization will provide...

States Signs MOU with Vietnam for Drug and Device Safety

The United States and Vietnam completed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to improve the safety of drugs and...

Insight Scores Contract with L.A. County

A long-term agreement was completed between Los Angeles County and InSight Health Services. Through this deal, InSight will...

NEJM Article Suggests New Approach for Management of CHF, AF

An article that was recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that the approach to...

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