Eric Wicklund

INFINITT North America is giving its RIS/PACS customers a more complete product with the addition of billing capabilities.

McKesson has renewed its distribution agreement to supply CVS Caremark with branded and generic drugs.

Consumer Health Technologies, Inc., a developer of consumer-directed healthcare software for administrators, payers and financial institutions, is boosting its resources through a partnership with Health Advocate, Inc.

When it came time to improve CareMedic Systems’ revenue cycle management platform for hospitals, company officials decided to consult the experts in the field.

The sour economy isn’t curbing interest in the healthcare IT sector, where a new private equity firm has sprung up to provide funding and management support for healthcare start-ups.

When Simpler Healthcare set out to reduce waste and inefficiency in America’s healthcare system, officials looked to a rather unorthodox source for inspiration: The automotive industry.

Siemens Healthcare has announced that UMass Memorial Health Care in Worcester, Mass., and the Bethesda Healthcare System in south Florida have signed multi-year contracts for the Soarian healthcare information system.

The MRO Corp. has announced that the Wellspan Health System, with more than 40 locations in Pennsylvania and Maryland, and the Western Maryland Health System will implement the company's Audit Tracker Online.

LYNX Medical Systems has announced a partnership with Sentara Healthcare, based in Virginia, to design and deliver packaged integration between the Picis LYNX E/Point emergency department revenue management solution and the Epic Systems Corporation's ED information system.

Supply chain management might not be the hot topic of discussion in the hospital setting, but healthcare administrators looking to cut costs in this economy would do well to look at how their supplies are procured, stored and distributed.