June 27, 2010
Wow, 2 HIT executives bite the dust on one day last week: 1. John Glaser is leaving Partners after a long and very successful career at one of the
June 9, 2010
Did you read my last blog post? Well, if you did, the Allscripts/Eclipsys deal should be no surprise. How else does one compete with Judy's
February 11, 2010
Quality Systems, Inc., parent company of NextGen, has entered into an agreement to acquire Opus. Austin, TX-based Opus has been selling its
February 8, 2010
Computer Products & Services (CPSI) just announced 2009 financial results, and they slipped a tad: for the 4th quarter, net income was down 26% to
February 3, 2010
Nashville-based HMS, a leading player in the small-hospital total HIS space, has acquired MedHost, a major player in ED systems. We recently
January 5, 2010
Really going out on a limb, here's a prediction of the outcome of each of the previous 2010 ventures 10 years later: 1. The Acquisition — the
January 5, 2010
Sticking my neck out a bit, here's what I predict for HIT in 2010: 1. Acquisition — a large, multi-billion dollar, multi-national company will
December 8, 2009
Today's announcement that QuadraMed is being acquired by Francisco Partners (FP), a VC firm from San Francisco should bode no evil for either QuadraMed or Healthland, FP's other recent HIS acquisition.
November 23, 2009
Charlie McCall, former chairman of McKesson, was found guilty last Thursday in a retrial 10 years after HBOC cooked its books to get a huge price for its stock in its merger with McKesson.
September 28, 2009
Sorry, couldn't resist that pun! Some background: 2008: HP buys EDS, Ross Perot's original IT firm for $13.9B, making them 2nd to IBM in
