EMR/EHR

Electronic medical records (EMR) are a digital version of a patient’s chart that store their personal information, medical history and links to prior exams, texts and reports. The goal of these systems is to enable immediate access to the patient's data electronically, rather than needing to request paper file folders that might be stored in fragment files at numerous locations where a patient is seen or treated. EMRs (also called electronic health records, or EHR) improve clinician and health system efficiency by making all this data immediately available. This helps reduce repeat tests, repeat prescriptions and repeat imaging exams because reports, imaging or other patient data is not not immediately available. 

New proton therapy center opens in Oklahoma

The ProCure Proton Therapy Center in Oklahoma City has opened its second treatment room, allowing for the expansion of the number of patients, as well as the types of tumors that the center can treat.

San Fran equity firm snaps up QuadraMed for $129M

QuadraMed, a provider of health IT and services, has entered into a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by Francisco Partners, a technology-focused private equity firm.

Agfa to provide CR products, services for Premier

Agfa HealthCare, a provider of diagnostic imaging and healthcare IT solutions, has been awarded a new three-year contract by the group purchasing division of Premier, Premier Purchasing Partners, to provide CR products at terms and conditions to the alliance's nearly 2,200 member hospitals and 63,000 other alternate healthcare sites in the U.S.

Agfa to acquire EU contrast developer for nearly $15M

Agfa HealthCare, a provider of diagnostic imaging and health IT solutions, has signed an agreement with Curagita Holding to acquire all the shares of its subsidiary Insight Agents, a European developer of contrast media, with business activities mainly in Germany.

House passes bill to help medical practices adopt health IT

The Small Business Health IT Financing Act, which includes a provision authorizing the Small Business Administration to guarantee health IT loans to small business health practices or medical professionals, was passed by the House of Representatives last week.

Riverain forms partnership with Canadian distributor

Computer-assisted detection developer Riverain Medical has formed a partnership with Canadian medical imaging distributor, Christie Group.

IMIX, Arcoma ink DR deal

Radiography systems provider IMIX Americas and x-ray equipment developer Arcoma have entered into a cooperation agreement that will enable the two companies to expand their DR offerings within the U.S.

South African lung institute installs Delft DR system

Delft Imaging Systems has installed its Odelca-DR digital x-ray camera system at the University of Cape Town Lung Institute in Cape Town, South Africa.

Around the web

U.S. health systems are increasingly leveraging digital health to conduct their operations, but how health systems are using digital health in their strategies can vary widely.

When human counselors are unavailable to provide work-based wellness coaching, robots can substitute—as long as the workers are comfortable with emerging technologies and the machines aren’t overly humanlike.

A vendor that supplies EHR software to public health agencies is partnering with a health-tech startup in the cloud-communications space to equip state and local governments for managing their response to the COVID-19 crisis.

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