Morning Headlines 1/24/14
Quality Systems, Inc. Reports Fiscal 2014 Third Quarter Results
Quality Systems Inc., parent company of NextGen, release their Q3 results: total revenue decreased five percent compared to the same period last year. Adjusted EPS was $0.11 vs $0.26, a 62 percent decline. Still, shares rose eight percent on the results by the end of trading.
Best-of-breed oncology vendors hold their own
KLAS finds that McKesson is leading the medical oncology market, while Cerner and Epic continue to improve. Best of breed vendors are still leading the radiation oncology market.
US and UK working to strengthen use of health IT for better patient care
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and U.K. Secretary of State for Health Jeremy Hunt sign a bi-lateral agreement between the nations committing to: share medical data, share and co-develop quality indicators, promote the adoption of EHRs, and foster innovation in health IT.
Healthcare Information Technology and Healthcare Information Services: 2013 Year-End Review
Healthcare Growth Partners publishes its annual review of the healthcare IT market, and its current and predicted future financial drivers.
'Samantha Brown points out that, “Healthcare, like every other industry, gets caught up in the idolatry of the ‘innovators.’”' I…