Morning Headlines 12/4/17
CVS agrees to buy Aetna in $69 billion deal that could shake up health-care industry
CVS announces an agreement to buy Aetna for $69 billion.
Former GE CEO Immelt Talks Uber, A.I., and a Rejected Bid for Epic
Jeff Immelt recounts several health IT-related anecdotes from his time as CEO of GE, including one when he passed on acquiring Cerner because he though the $2 billion price point was too expensive, and another in which he met with Judy Faulkner in hopes of acquiring a portion of Epic, but was quickly shown the door.
Nashville, TN based Trinisys announces that it has completed the acquisition of MICA Health, a data archiving vendor that supports ambulatory EHR migrations.
Traditionally Professional Courtesy is something that physicians gave each other - but we had to be careful with it when…