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Morning Headlines 8/14/13
Surescripts Adds 19 Healthcare Organizations to National Network
Surescipts adds 19 state HIEs and health information service providers to its national health information network, including Cerner, ICA, and Quest Diagnostics.
As its Farm Campus opens, Epic Systems prepares for even more workers
Epic Systems prepares to open its third campus, built to resemble a working farm, as the company also completes a fourth campus that will open in the fall.
CareFusion Reports Fourth Quarter And Fiscal 2013 Results
Revenue was down six percent, adjusted EPS $0.49 vs. $0.55, in line with expectations.
Scripps Launches Study To Assess Role Of Mobile Health Devices In Lowering Health Costs
Scripps Translational Science Institute launches a clinical study that will determine if wireless technologies and the use of social media can reduce healthcare spending.
Does anyone know why the earning of the HIT vendors are headed south? Has the government $$$ trough reached empty?
The downturn in revenue is something anticipated for a long time (at least by my company, which is not CareFusion).
Meaningful Use didn’t really cause people who weren’t going to buy an EHR to buy one, it caused people who would already have bought an EHR to accelerate their timelines and buy one sooner. It moved sales that would have happened in 2013-2015 into 2010-2012 instead. The next few years will likely see smaller than normal growth in the industry.