Comments on: Monday Morning Update 8/18/08

By: Double-Secret Probation

Double-Secret Probation — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:46:57 +0000

Loved your references to Animal House. Thanks for the memories.

By: Amused

Amused — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:52:00 +0000

Re: USA’s campus goes smoke-free… How big do you need to be to have a campus? USA has about 20 employees. Campus? More like 1/8th of a 40 year old surburban office building, above a deli. I think I’ll start referring to my home office, in my attic, as the ‘Sears Tower’.

By: Pretty Kitty

Pretty Kitty — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:11:03 +0000

Would Perot buy ACS Healthcare (formerly Superior)? The division has been stripped down to bare bones staff and contracts, leaving a lean, mean group ready for aquisition.

By: Art_Vandelay

Art_Vandelay — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 11:13:07 +0000

Prediction 1. – Perot looks to expand its presence in health care insurance processing. It will go after business process outsourcing expertise, disease management and data warehousing exertise.

Prediction 2. – Perot looks to expand its presence in the health care provider space and goes after Quality Systems (NextGen). They ditch the dental systems division and develop even bigger outsourcing business around practice management. Their angle – take advantage of the Stark and Safe Harbor EHR donation programs. They have had hosting arrangements with other practice management vendors in the past. A secondary target would be Eclipsys. They’d have to invest a little more there so I don’t believe that would be highest on their radar.

By: Dan Field

Dan Field — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 06:45:35 +0000

Just to let you know our go live on Epic Inpatient went VERY well at Kaiser Hospital in Sacramento, kudos to the administration for putting better than adequate support in place to help everyone.