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EASTLAKE, OH – Healthcare imaging facilities should ditch their costly film processing systems, according to the vendor of a new Web-based picture archiving and communication system....

CHICAGO – Ann Lurie served as a critical care nurse at Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago before marriage and family intervened. It was an experience she never forgot, a...

RALEIGH, NC – Last July, Misys Healthcare Systems took a strategic step back in selling off two smaller business units to concentrate on the ambulatory healthcare market. About a month ago, the...

One of New York City's largest healthcare systems has received a $320 million senior secured credit facility from GE Healthcare Financial Services. The funding will help the hospital operator transiti...

WESTBORO, MA – Activity in the business analytics market picked up a notch last month with the announcement that Applix, Inc. will be acquired by Ottawa-based business intelligence provider...

AUGUSTA, ME – Dana Connors, president of the Maine State Chamber of Commerce, was looking for a way to help member businesses deal with the staggering need for and cost of healthcare. He found a...

NORWALK, CT – With energy costs and conservation consciousness rising, health facility managers see the wisdom behind improving energy efficiency. However, retrofitting existi...

ALPHARETTA, GA – One company’s announcement last month that it is planning an initial public offering of stock is expected to throw a new wrinkle into the competitive group purchasing mark...

AHA responds to tax-exempt proposals, tax form The American Hospital Association has responded to two initiatives that would affect tax-exempt hospitals. It told the Internal Revenu...

CHICAGO – The good times just keep on rolling for Allscripts. The Chicago-based provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions for physician practices has annou...