MVP Health Care, a not-for-profit health insurer serving more than 750,000 members in New York, Vermont and New Hampshire, will begin reimbursing its more than 22,000 physicians for RelayHealth's webVisit consultations in most of its benefit plans.

GE announced the formation of a new equity fund, the $250 million GE Healthymagination Fund, which will make investments in healthcare technology companies.

The Certification Commission for Health IT (CCHIT) is seeking senior executives working in healthcare to serve on its board of trustees and board of commissioners.

Hospital capital spending in 2009 may end up a bit higher than originally projected--and procedure decline expectations are moderating--based on the findings of Octobers installment of MEDACorps quarterly hospital administrator survey, conducted by the Boston healthcare investment firm Leerink Swann.

Telecommunications provider Etisalat and GE Healthcare have signed a memorandum of understanding to form a strategic healthcare alliance in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Teleradiology services provider Virtual Radiologic has released a new version of its vRad Enterprise Connect technology.

CDW Healthcare has signed an agreement with Cerner to sell the Kansas City, Mo.-based health IT developer's line of physician practice products.

Healthcare facilities will face numerous challenges prepping for meaningful use requirements in the coming years. On Thursday, a Web-broadcast seminar sponsored by Palo Alto, Calif.-based HP, entitled Organizing Healthcare with Storage Visualization, concentrated on some issues and current practices concerning IT storage in relation to the pending meaningful use requirements.