NEW YORK--MedCPU, Inc., a leader in enterprise clinical decision support solutions, announced today the close of a $9.3 Million Series B funding round that will provide the company with capital to maximize its growth opportunities in the expanding market for clinical decision support solutions for healthcare providers. Investors in the B round of financing include Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, Easton Capital Investment Group and New Richmond Ventures.

“The time has come for healthcare to govern its information,” said Meryl Bloomrosen, MBA, vice president of public policy for the American Health Information Management Association, speaking at the fourth annual CMS eHealth Summit on May 19. “Trust in health information depends on it.” Leaders from the association called for a greater focus across healthcare on information governance.

Quality of hospital care is improving more rapidly than quality of ambulatory care, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research Quality’s National Healthcare Quality Report 2013.

BOSTON--When it comes to quality improvements, you’ve got to start with data integrity, Dirk Stanley, MD, MPH, CMIO at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, Mass., said at the iHT2 Health IT Summit on May 13.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has posted new quality reporting document architecture resources on its website.

CHICAGO--FIGMD, Inc. is excited to announce the launch of its Clinical Data Registry Platform on Google Glass. A first in the health care quality measurement space, FIGMD’s innovative approach enables Doctors and other health care providers across the country to leverage the power data at the point of care.

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.-- As part of its continued efforts to strengthen and expand its service capabilities across the healthcare continuum, Quintiles today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Encore Health Resources (Encore). Encore is a leader in the health-information analytics and technology services industry focused on healthcare providers. Through its consulting services and solutions, Encore assists customers with a wide range of strategy, advisory, implementation, process-redesign, optimization, analytics and performance-improvement initiatives.

Surescripts has named 51 software vendors and health systems as recipients of its 2013 White Coat of Quality Award, which recognizes continuous quality improvement in e-prescribing through its Quality Management Program.