Eric Wicklund

A Los Angeles-based IT entrepreneur wants to pare down the expensive EMR to its simplest charting functions, add a few solutions and offer it to non-profits looking to provide healthcare to disadvantaged populations around the world.

The Minnesota-based insurer sees a greater need for healthcare in rural America, as well as an increase in people on government-funded insurance programs and a decrease in physicians, and points to telehealth and telemedicine as possible solutions.

ClearPractice's new cloud-based platform allows small practices to consolidate their EMR and PM functions on one platform, accessible by Macs, iPhones and iPads.

The non-profit charged with running Tennessee's telehealth program is shutting down amid charges that two ex-officials skimmed or misused more than $1 million in grant funding.

Minnesota-based IT company's platform allows health plans, employers to schedule reimbursements for health club visits.

The Chartis Group has announced a partnership with the Minneapolis-based HealthPartners Medical Group and Clinics to provide advisory services, program management and knowledge transfer designed to improve delivery of ambulatory care services.

BancTec, a Dallas-based provider of business process outsourcing and transaction automation services, has been validated compliant with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) by Trustwave, a provider of information security and compliance solutions.

Healthcare organizations dealing with information overload in the shift to value-based healthcare might be interested in checking out Vieosoft.

– A new partnership will seek to market Internet-based personal health records to health insurers for their customers.

Medco Health Solutions is teaming up with Verizon to help patients access their prescription drug history from any location and identify alternatives to costly prescription drugs.