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Morning Headlines 2/17/17
City delays planned $764M record-keeping system at hospitals
NYC Health + Hospitals delays its $764 million Epic rollout after ending the year with a $779 million deficit. A hospital spokesman denies that the decision was financially motivated.
CommonWell Becomes First National Network to Use the Argonaut Project’s FHIR Specifications
CommonWell implements Project Argonaut’s FHIR specifications into its core services, allowing its customers to use FHIR-based outbound query and retrieval capabilities.
NextGate is selected to implement a national master patient index system in Scotland.
Community Health Systems Announces Definitive Agreement to Divest Eight Hospitals
Steward Health Care (MA) acquires eight hospitals from Community Health Systems. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2017, following regulatory approvals.
NextGen or NextGate?