BC Technical has acquired RA Services, a Detroit-based company that services molecular imaging equipment. This acquisition will expand BC Technical's customer base in the Midwest.

Three years ago, Baxter entered into an agreement with Sigma to become its exclusive global distributor while obtaining a 40 percent equity stake in the company and an option to purchase the remaining 60 percent. On April 26, Baxter announced it had exercised the option.

Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the healthcare industry gained during the first quarter of 2012 over the prior and year-ago quarters, although the technology segment saw mixed results.

Quality Systems of Irvine, Calif., has acquired Matrix Management Solutions, to support the growth of its NextGen Practice Solutions offering.

Royal Philips Electronics and Vidyo are collaborating to offer health system providers an approach for extending telehealth tools across the enterprise.

Thomson Reuters has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its healthcare business to an affiliate of Veritas Capital for $1.25 billion in cash.

Vital Images, a Toshiba Medical Systems Group company and a developer of advanced visualization and analysis technologies for healthcare, and Olea Medical have partnered to provide thin-client neurological MR technologies on Vital's VitreaAdvanced enterprise visualization software.

HealthCare Partners of Nevada merged with Cardiovascular Consultants of Nevada to create Cardiovascular Consultants of Nevada HealthCare Partners Cardiology. The merger, announced April 19, went into effect April 17.