Morning Headlines 4/9/14
ABILITY Network Receives $550 Million Strategic Investment From Summit Partners
ABILITY Network, a web-based Medicare billing technology vendor, announces a $550 million strategic investment from Summit Partners, a growth equity investment firm.
Northwest Patients to Gain Easy Access to Clinicians’ Notes
Nine health systems and medical groups in Oregon and Southwest Washington will begin sharing physician notes with their patients as part of an OpenNotes project that will reach one-million patients in the region.
Hospital still profitable after tax rejection
St. Bernard Parish (LA) voters reject a one-year property tax proposal that would have paid for a new electronic medical records system and several new full time employees at its publically-owned community hospital.
Phoebe Putney Health System Picks MEDITECH 6.1 EHR
691-bed Phoebe Putney Health System (GA) choses Meditech 6.1, marking it the second 400+ bed win for Meditech this year.
That, or we see if Judy will announce Epic's new Aviation module (probably called Kitty Hawk) that has integrated Cruise…