Eric Wicklund

A two-hospital system in Ohio has come up with a unique way to pay for its new electronic medical record system: Selling the leasing rights to its non-hospital properties.

Two healthcare networks in North Carolina's competitive Research Triangle are waging a sometimes-heated battle for affiliations with local physician practices.

Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based self-managed, non-traded real estate investment trust, has closed on a $275 million unsecured revolving credit facility.

Barely a month after buying the Massachusetts-based six-hospital Caritas Christi Health Care system for $895 million, Steward Health Care System LLC has agreed to buy two more hospitals - 124-bed Merrimack Valley Hospital in Haverhill and 57-bed Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer.

While many physicians are abandoning their independence in favor of alliances with hospitals or large healthcare providers, one Midwest health system is launching a new organization designed to preserve doctors' autonomy while helping them adapt to the new healthcare landscape.

Siemens Healthcare clients looking to upgrade their legacy patient accounting systems will have help switching to the company's revenue cycle management platform, thanks to a new partnership with Cymetrix.

The integration of information technology and the healthcare revenue cycle took another step forward last week with NaviNet's acquisition of Prematics, giving the Cambridge, Mass.-based healthcare communications network a mobile care management platform.

A new partnership between two healthcare information technology companies will allow patients registering for medical appointments on wireless touchscreen devices to pay for them as well.

Allscripts-Eclipsys aside, the landscape offers some intriguing deals.

Bitter battles may have harmed labor’s image, but strength remains