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Eric Wicklund

Eric is the Editor of mHealthNews and is a Contributing Editor to Healthcare Finance News.
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By Eric Wicklund | 05:57 pm | May 27, 2009
Americans waste millions of dollars a year seeking healthcare in the wrong places. The “right place,” on the other hand, just might be the home computer. That’s the philosophy behind American Well, a Boston-based company that has created on Online Healthcare Marketplace, where patients can interact with physicians for quick and convenient medical consults.
By Eric Wicklund | 11:00 am | May 26, 2009
ClaimTrust, a Murfreesboro, Tenn.-based developer of revenue cycle management tools for hospitals launched its InSight Revenue Cycle Solution on Tuesday, looking to transform its claims scrubbing product to an end-to-end RCM tool.
By Eric Wicklund | 03:40 pm | May 21, 2009
GE Healthcare of Barrington, Ill., has signed a multi-million-dollar agreement with Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton, Wash., for the Centricity suite of solutions for EMR, HIE, patient portal and financial management.
By Eric Wicklund | 11:40 am | May 18, 2009
Kronos, Inc., has announced that version 6.1 of its Workforce Central suite has been certified by SAP.
By Eric Wicklund | 10:44 am | May 14, 2009
R. Andrew Eckert, who as CEO of the Eclipsys Corporation saw the company through a restructuring in 2006 and back to prosperity, is stepping down from the helm of the Atlanta-based company. Eckert will be replaced by a well-known industry insider.
By Eric Wicklund | 11:17 am | May 11, 2009
GenerationOne has reported positive results from a mobilized diabetes care management pilot program conducted by the ECHO Healthcare Education Foundation for a member employers of the Employers Coalition for Healthcare Options using the GenerationOne Mobile Health Solution.
By Eric Wicklund | 10:21 am | May 07, 2009
One of the nation's largest electronic health record vendors is teaming up with a major healthcare distributor in an effort to convince solo and small-practice physicians to adopt healthcare IT.
By Eric Wicklund | 10:38 am | May 06, 2009
Emdeon, a provider of revenue and payment cycle solutions, is targeting the billions of dollars lost each year in healthcare fraud by acquiring a developer of data analytics technology designed to ferret out healthcare fraud and abuse.
By Eric Wicklund | 04:46 pm | May 04, 2009
A recent deal between Portico Systems and Kryptiq helps one company almost double its client base, while allowing the other to strengthen its focus.
By Eric Wicklund | 06:00 pm | April 30, 2009
Express Scripts’ planned purchase of the pharmacy benefits management businesses of health insurer WellPoint may reinforce the notion that “bigger is better” when it comes to negotiating prescription drug prices.