Comments on: News 5/27/2009

By: ex misys

ex misys — Sat, 30 May 2009 16:37:28 +0000

Something is definitely going on w/ Medfusion and Medem. From what I understand, Medfusion is acquiring Medem. I don’t know if Allscripts/Misys will gobble up that entity, but Allscripts had a strategic partnership w/ Medem and Misys with Medfusion. There are a number of former A4 and Misys employees at Medfusion as well.

There are also some rumors about Misys taking even more control of the management team in the new entity with Vern Davenport taking over for GT. Interesting times over there.

By: Talk of the Town

Talk of the Town — Thu, 28 May 2009 17:26:12 +0000

Retail clinics in grocery stores and retail chain stores are more likely to be located in areas with a lower population of black residents, lower poverty rates, and higher median incomes. In other words, poorer neighborhoods are less likely to have access to one of the country’s 1,000 or so retail clinics.

Or maybe its just as easy as “Let’s not set up a working pharmacy with all of our controlled substances exposed on a nightly basis in an area that is prone to crime.” Without the bricks and morter and the retail traffic to bring in new customers – the stand alone clinic doesn’t have the space to lease and the business model falls apart.

By: PezMan

PezMan — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:28:17 +0000

Shockingly Grady chose Epic to be their full clinical IT vendor…with only $40M to spend.

http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2009/05/25/daily41.html

Not sure if Grady executives keep up with industry news, but even though Epic said it would take less than $40M to install…in the end I wouldn’t be surprised like 95% of all other Epic installs (especially at Grady with their recent track record) it running double & they miss the go-live date. This isn’t to say that the other choices were better for Grady…but for an EXTREMELY cash strapped public hospital, a partnership with Emory for their physicians (huge Cerner client) and being in the backyard for both Eclipsys and McKesson (who they use for Pharm distribution)…the other choices were MUCH smarter $$$ decisions in the long run with better IT outsourcing track record.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Thu, 28 May 2009 03:34:25 +0000

“Retail clinics in grocery stores and retail chain stores are more likely to be located in areas with a lower population of black residents, lower poverty rates, and higher median incomes. In other words, poorer neighborhoods are less likely to have access to one of the country’s 1,000 or so retail clinics.”

How can a business earn if it set up shop in places where people won’t be able to afford them – unless of course they were subsidized by the government so that they can sell products at a lower price convenient for a poorer demography.

By: DrM

DrM — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:45:12 +0000

Dr T – I am guessing that it is not the old BDM product, but instead the pharmacy system that they acquired from IDX that they’re talking about in the report. The BDM product doesn’t really integrate to anything other than Eclipsys. Their marketing is horribly confusing, though, as they sell both under the Centricity name right now. Can’t wait until they develop a coherent strategy for their pharmacy systems.