2017

BREAKING: Industry Analysts React as Allscripts Pays $185 Million for McKesson’s Enterprise Information Solutions

4 August 2017

Last year when McKesson Corp. announced the creation of a new healthcare information technology company with Change Healthcare, it also said it would seek strategic alternatives for its EHR-focused business…

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A Review of Electronic Prior Authorization Technology

9 June 2017

With U.S. national healthcare expenditures having reached $9,990 per person ($3.2 trillion total) in 2015 (and projected to grow another 6.5% in 2017), the industry continues to pursue innovative ways…

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2016’s M&A within Healthcare Informatics’ Top 100—Caution Emerged

31 May 2017

Last year, we predicted that 2016 would herald slightly muted transaction valuations and a reduction in the total number of completed healthcare IT (HCIT) transactions. Instead, after a somewhat muted…

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Why Former Tech Execs Are Leaving Google And Twitter To Start Health Care Companies

23 February 2017

When Stephanie Tilenius, a former senior executive at eBay and Google, decided to start a health-coaching app, many in her network were incredulous. “Everyone thought I was crazy,” she recalls….

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