Morning Headlines 11/14/12

HITPC Stage 3 Request for Comment

ONC issues a request for public comment on Stage 3 Meaningful Use rules.

Carlyle, Blackstone, TPG bid for Allscripts

Three private equity firms have submitted second-round offers but there is no guarantee of a deal as Allscripts asks for a significant premium over its current trading price.  

Cerner Receives FDA Clearance for Mobile Fetal Monitoring Solution

Cerner receives FDA 510(k) pre-market clearance for its Cerner FetaLink+ mobile fetal monitoring solution.

Texas Hospitals Select Healthland Centriq for Complete Electronic Health Record Solution

Medina Regional Hospital (TX), Red River Regional Hospital (TX), Ward Memorial Hospital (TX), and First Street Hospital (TX) choose Healthland Centriq, adding to the company’s total of more than 70 rural Texas hospital customers.

HHS announces first external class of the HHS Innovation Fellows Program

Six fellows will spend the next 12 months working with HHS on national projects including: accelerating clinical quality measures for ACA, building a more resilient health technology infrastructure to withstand natural disasters, and a national organ transplant tracking system.