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.
History strongly suggests that AI applications in health care will be more often than not focused on reimbursement, cost containment…