Morning Headlines 12/5/18
Curavi Acquires TripleCare, Prepares to Rapidly Expand Telemedicine Services
UPMC-backed Curavi Health acquires competitor TripleCare, a telemedicine vendor that caters to the post-acute, long-term care market.
Meditech acquires its London-based partner Centennial Computer Corporation as part of its creation of Meditech UK.
Interoperability 2018: Real Progress with Patient-Record Sharing via CommonWell and Carequality
A KLAS report finds that most EHR vendors are progressing well toward supporting a national patient record network now that CommonWell is connected to Carequality.
Queensland digital hospitals program facing $250m cost blowout
In Australia, Queensland Health’s hospital EHR project will run $188 million over budget if implemented in the remaining hospitals, with an auditor-general’s report noting that Cerner can name its price for contract extensions knowing that alternative systems haven’t been considered.
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