News from the HITS Newsletter

The mandated Jan. 1 conversion to a new set of electronic claims transaction standards is not going smoothly for office-based physicians, disrupting medical groups' cash flow and creating hassles, according to the head of...
FULL STORY »

The Metro Community Provider Network, which operates 11 health centers in Colorado, said a hacker may have accessed the personal health information of about 2,000 patients in December.
FULL STORY »

Greenway Medical Technologies, a Carrollton, Ga.-based medical software developer, announced its initial public offering of 6.7 million shares of common stock at $10 per share.
FULL STORY »

IncentOne, Lyndhurst, N.J., named Hedy Foreman and David Guda to the newly created roles of COO and chief technology officer. The consumer incentive technology company also named Courtney Fawcett as CFO.
FULL STORY »

A Jan. 31 item, "Pascal Metrics names Classen co-CMIO," gave incorrect titles for Dr. David Classen and Dr.
FULL STORY »

SAI Global, a provider of compliance, risk-management and information services for a variety of industries including healthcare, has completed its acquisition of software vendor Compliance 360.
FULL STORY »

IBM Corp., Armonk, N.Y., has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Worklight, a privately held Israeli company that sells software for tablet computers and smartphones.
FULL STORY »

The Greater Houston Health Information Exchange has changed its name to Greater Houston Healthconnect and named James Langabeer as the organization's new president and CEO.
FULL STORY »

Automatic Data Processing, Roseland, N.J., a publicly traded provider of business process outsourcing services, announced the acquisition of PhyLogic Healthcare, Springfield, Mass., a privately held billing and...
FULL STORY »

Countering the position of the American Medical Association, the American Health Information Management Association is urging its members to continue preparing for the October 2013 federally mandated conversion to the...
FULL STORY »

Former Intermountain Healthcare Vice President Dr. David Classen has been hired as chief medical information officer of Pascal Metrics, a Washington-based provider of cloud-based healthcare analytics and software that aims...
FULL STORY »

Federal health information technology contractor ICF International plans to acquire European healthcare consultancy GHK Holdings, according to an ICF
FULL STORY »

McKesson Corp., San Francisco, has signed a definitive agreement to buy two business units and joint ownership of a pharmacy software program from the Katz Group, a privately owned drugstore operator based in Edmonton,...
FULL STORY »