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Pamela J. Pure, executive vice president of McKesson and president of McKesson Technology Solutions, left the company on Monday, officials said.

Researchers have successfully created a computer simulated system for evaluating an investigational artificial pancreas.

Fifteen Kaiser Permanente employees have been fired and another eight disciplined for sneaking a peek at the medical records of octuplet mother Nadya Suleman, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday.

Google, Inc. has formed a new venture capital fund that seeks to discover and grow innovative companies.

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As federal lawmakers prepare to increase the use of performance measures to improve quality of care, the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program has recognized Mayo Clinic’s Rochester Methodist and Saint Mary’s hospitals as having exemplary outcomes for surgical patient care.

Miami system deploys tracking technology; Virginia health system automates ED; Johns Hopkins to use dashboards in OR; Michigan Hospital group boosts patient safety

Dermatology EHR criteria in the works for 2010; Pediatric Associates boosts interoperability with EHR; Connecticut home care agency Automates; Physician query software provides ROI

Varolii, Inc., a Seattle-based provider of automated communications services, has added features to its healthcare offering that are designed to make automated phone calls more personal.

McKesson’s Interqual suite helps hospitals with RAC; Baxa corp. acquires ForHealth technologies; Cardinal Health spinoff to be named CareFusion; New Picis products address IV, injection services