Health IT

Healthcare information (HIT) systems are designed to connect all the elements together for patient data, reports, medical imaging, billing, electronic medical record (EMR), hospital information system (HIS), PACS, cardiology information systems (CVIS)enterprise image systemsartificial intelligence (AI) applications, analytics, patient monitors, remote monitoring systems, inventory management, the hospital internet of things (IOT), cloud or onsite archive/storage, and cybersecurity.

Covisint nabs CDS developer DocSite

Covisint, a Compuware company, has acquired DocSite, a clinical decision support (CDS) and quality performance management company.

Digital pathology added to DICOM standards

The College of American Pathologists (CAP) has contributed to the expansion of the Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) medical image exchange standard, Supplement 145, for the accommodation of pathology.

MedAssets to buy Broadlane Group for $850M

MedAssets has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire the Broadlane Group for approximately $850 million in cash, with $725 million to be paid at closing and $125 million to be paid in January 2012.

Iasis Healthcare to acquire two providers for $95M

Iasis Healthcare has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Brim Holdings, which operates Wadley Regional Medical Center in Texarkana, Texas, and Pikes Peak Regional Hospital in Woodland Park, Colo., in a cash-for-stock transaction valued at approximately $95 million, subject to customary closing conditions and working capital adjustments.

RadNet to buy eRADs parent for $10.75M

RadNet, which provides fixed-site outpatient diagnostic imaging services through a network of 191 outpatient imaging centers, has executed a definitive agreement to acquire Image Medical, the parent of PACS developer eRAD, for $10.75 million in a combination of cash and promissory notes.

NextImage acquires MSC Care Management subsidiary

Radiology services management company NextImage Medical has acquired Jacksonville, Fla.-based care management company SelectMRI, a wholly owned subsidiary of MSC Care Management (MSC), as of Aug. 30.

PracticeMax acquires Medinomics

PracticeMax, a provider of revenue cycle management and software services, has acquired Medinomics, expanding PraticeMax's operations throughout the southern U.S. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Heart Imaging Technologies upgrades PACS offering

Medical image management provider Heart Imaging Technologies has released an updated version of its cardiovascular PACS system offering, Webpax Version 7.

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The new technology shows early potential to make a significant impact on imaging workflows and patient care.