Morning Headlines 2/17/23

Avaya Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy After Cloud Subscription Accounting Woes

Unified communications and collaboration services vendor Avaya, whose healthcare offerings include solutions for virtual care, collaboration, and patient access technology, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy for the second time in six years.

Elation Health Acquires Medical Billing Company Lightning MD to Accelerate Market’s First Primary Care All-in-One Solution

Primary care EHR vendor Elation Health acquires practice-focused medical billing company Lightning MD.

Spacelabs Healthcare Expands Clinical Informatics Capabilities with Acquisition of Predictive Analytics Company PeraHealth

Spacelabs Healthcare acquires PeraHealth and its Rothman Index patient deterioration software for undisclosed terms.

VA delays health record go-live at key Michigan site

The VA delays Ann Arbor Healthcare System’s EHR roll out, citing concerns over how well the Oracle Cerner software will interact with the health system’s “medical research mission.”

GE HealthCare Makes Push Into Artificial Intelligence

Newly spun off GE HealthCare announces plans to develop hospital software to help guide care and assign resources.