Morning Headlines 2/21/14
Allscripts announces fourth quarter and 2013 results
Allscripts reports Q4 2013 results: bookings are up 53 percent year-over-year, but revenue remained flat. Adjusted EPS of $0.08 vs. $0.16, meeting analysts estimates.
16 HIEs in the Midwest and Rocky Mountain states announce that they will work together to advance interoperability in the region.
Mayo Clinic physicians spin out a digital health company & secure $1.1M
A group of physicians from the Mayo Clinic are launching a startup called Ambient Clinical Analytics that will offer mobile-based tools for physicians including surveillance alerts and an EMR viewer that uses analytics to filter the most pertinent information about the patient to the forefront.
Epic opportunity: The software giant is positioning Dane County for an economic breakthrough
A local paper covers the economic impact Epic is having on the Madison community, citing the $60k – $100k average salaries and quickly growing employee base. The Madison planning chief estimated that Epic could hit 10,000 employees by 2018.
Regarding Medstar - I have to wonder how many decisions were made to go to Cerner over Epic based on…