Eric Wicklund

InnoCentive is looking to bridge the gap between those who have new ideas for the healthcare marketplace and those who need them.

Metavante Technologies, Inc., a Milwaukee-based developer of online banking and payment technology, is being bought by Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. for an estimated $2.94 billion in stock.

Healthcare providers looking to invest in new clinical applications had better make sure their infrastructure is up to the task, according to a new survey of healthcare IT professionals.

Siemens Healthcare of Deerfield, Ill., has signed a five-year contract renewal with the Sysmex Corporation of Japan to allow clinical laboratory customers around the world to have continued access to a wide array or coagulation instruments and tests.

Healthcare providers looking to get a handle on employee assessments, competency requirements and licensing needs have a new tool at their disposal.

The move toward consumer-based healthcare is spurring new interest in healthcare payment processing technology. The latest to benefit is InstaMed, which recently announced $6 million in equity financing to help the company grow.

Back on firm footing after last year's bankruptcy filing and sale, MedAvant Healthcare Solutions has announced a name change.

GE Healthcare of Barrington, Ill., has announced that Springfield, Mo.-based CoxHealth has implemented the company’s Medical Quality Improvement Consortium (MQIC) quality data system to align its Centricity EMR and practice management solutions with Medicare’s Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI).

Health Systems Solutions, Inc., reeling from the collapse of a planned merger and an international fraud investigation of its principal investor, has announced it will deregister its common stock and stop filing reports with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Attendees at last month’s Towards the Electronic Patient Record (TEPR+) conference and exhibition were told that pouring federal funding into healthcare IT won’t necessarily solve the nation’s healthcare woes.