REACH3 has launched Health e-Strategy customer relationship management (CRM) software to enable health systems to engage patients online via the web, email and social networks.

In a letter last week to Jonathan D. Blum, deputy director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the American Hospital Association (AHA) asked for clarity on accountable care organization (ACO) implementation and cost savings for healthcare delivery, particularly in Medicare.

Union Hospital of Cecil County, a 122-bed nonprofit hospital located in Elkton, Md., has selected business intelligence software developer Wolters Kluwer Healths ProVation order sets, powered by UpToDate Decision Support, as the organization's electronic order set program.

Sunquest Information Systems has released Diagnostic Intelligence business intelligence software to assist management of clinical processes.

Ingenix, UnitedHealth Groups health IT subsidiary, will acquire A-Life Medical, a San Diego-based provider of computer-assisted coding products and services for the healthcare industry, for an undisclosed amount.

Accenture has landed a seven-year contract with Stanford Hospital & Clinics, part of the Stanford University Medical Clinic in Stanford, Calif., for a connected health technology initiative.

Caspio has made available new chart applications to create visual web-based charts and dashboards for any database and assist users' understanding of large data sets.

No enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendor overwhelmingly satisfies clients more than the others, but with so few optionsand none performing wellmigrating to a new vendor may not be worth the cost, according to a report published Aug. 11 by market research firm KLAS.