EMC has unveiled a new approach to data storage for virtual data centers with EMC Virtual Matrix Architecture.

The state of New York will provide $60 million for projects that promote the use of health IT in patient-centered medical homes, which include services by physician practices and clinics, hospitals, pharmacies, long-term care providers, physical therapists and other providers.

InSite One, a provider of data archiving, storage and disaster recovery solutions, has partnered with National Interest Security Company (NISC) to leverage NISC's data-transformation and coding services in the commercial market space.

The Colorado Health Foundation has awarded $2 million in grants to 12 organizations to promote the adoption of EHRs and related technologies.

Interoperability and integration solution provider Compressus has begun strategic partnerships with Avnet HealthPath reseller partners, Software Information Systems and Micro Solutions.

CHICAGO--The healthcare delivery landscape in the United States has seen a steady uptick in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) of facilities over the past decade; in these tough economic times M&A activity will likely increase as institutions deal with operating margins that are consistently leaner.

Health Level Seven (HL7) and the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organization (IHTSDO), the provider of standardized clinical terminology, are working together to eliminate gaps and overlaps between the HL7 and IHTSDO standards.

CHICAGOThe U.S. healthcare system needs to quickly implement widespread, systematic reform to improve patient outcomes and reduce massive costs, which are currently approaching 20 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), according to George C. Halvorson, chairman and CEO of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals.