Jan 30
MedAssets Wins Agreement with Piedmont Healthcare for Supply Chain Management Services (Centre Daily Times)
MedAssets, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDAS) announced today that it signed an agreement with Piedmont Healthcare, located in Atlanta, GA, to implement its supply chain management services. The multi-year contract will enable Piedmont to utilize MedAssets Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) and customized supply chain management technology and services to achieve greater supply cost savings and purchasing …
Jan 29
MedAssets Wins Agreement with Piedmont Healthcare for Supply Chain Management Services (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
ATLANTA—-MedAssets, Inc. announced today that it signed an agreement with Piedmont Healthcare, located in Atlanta, GA, to implement its supply chain management services. The multi-year contract will enable Piedmont to utilize MedAssets Group Purchasing Organization and customized supply chain management technology and services to achieve greater supply cost savings and purchasing efficiency.
Jan 28
WellNet Healthcare licenses drug comparison tool (Washington Business Journal)
WellNet Healthcare’s’ Healthcare Interactive has licensed a technology from DestinationRX in Los Angeles to help reduce medical costs for its customers.
Jan 27
Achieving Interconnected Healthcare through HITSP Real-Life Scenarios (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) rely on interoperability specifications from the Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP) to exchange patient data
Jan 26
GE Healthcare highlights enhanced IT solutions to strengthen e-Health and virtual imaging in Middle East (AME Info)
Stepping in to support the Middle East region’s commitment to strengthen e-Healthcare delivery and virtual imaging, GE Healthcare has rolled out a series of enhanced IT solutions, currently, on display at Arab Health 2009.
Jan 24
United Healthcare to pay Mo. $738K in settlement (BizJournals)
United Healthcare companies will pay Missouri nearly $738,000 under a settlement between the company and 40 states. (UNH)
Jan 22
Partners HealthCare Selects iMDsoft s MetaVision as its Acute Care and Perioperative Clinical Information Platform for … (Centre Daily Times)
Partners HealthCare, founded by Brigham and Women s Hospital (BWH) and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), has licensed iMDsoft s MetaVision as its acute care and preoperative clinical information platform for BWH and MGH. Both hospitals are ranked among the top 10 hospitals nationwide by U.S. News & World Report.
Jan 21
Work to start on Vale Healthcare s private hospital (icWales)
WORK on a private hospital will begin next month in the latest phase of expansion in South Wales from Vale Healthcare.
Jan 20
The Quantum Group Announces Support of Technology Bill Before Congress (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
The Quantum Group, Inc. , a solutions provider for the healthcare industry, announced today that it supports the American Recovery and Reinvestment Bill of 2009 for healthcare IT investment.
Jan 19
Pharmaceutical, Healthcare & Life Sciences (Mondaq)
The Advanced Medical Technology Association (“AdvaMed”) represents companies that develop, provide, market, and manufacture medical products, technologies, and related services and therapies (“Companies”).