Mergers & Acquisitions

Software giant will add file-based storage capabilities for Windows and Linux to its Azure cloud.

WeCounsel to rebrand as a multispecialty, InTouch Health patients can initiate consults from home and Teladoc releases a new single, patient-centered point of access app.

After expanding its hospital footprint with the McKesson acquisition this past summer, Allscripts now broadens its ambulatory presence by scooping up the cloud-based EHR vendor.

InTouch Health will incorporate TruClinic's software so patients can initiate and consult with their health system physician from their home.

Both New Jersey health systems are winners of Healthcare IT News' 2017 Best Hospital IT Departments.

The biggest electronic health record company made plenty of big news this past year, beginning with the scoop that it would develop new technology aimed at smaller hospitals.

Co-founded by the Mayo Clinic, the company develops tools outcome measurement, patient engagement, care coordination and analytics.

The deal holds big promise for analytics, interoperability and pop health, while other organizations are already contemplating ways to make use of retail health data.

After just hitting an interoperability milestone, and fresh off the acquisition of former rival McKesson’s health IT business, its chief executive says the vendor plans to capitalize on its larger size and scale.

Epic chief Judy Faulkner ended the meeting with GE execs after 5 minutes with a firm “no,” and kept the electronic health record software vendor private to this day.