Here are 10 recent news updates on key health IT companies.
1. Chillicothe, Ohio-based Adena Health System is scheduled to go live on MEDITECH's 6.15 information system.
2. Milwaukee-based Aurora St. Luke's Medical is the first hospital in the world to use GE Healthcare's new 4D ultrasound technology.
3. The Massachusetts Health Information Exchange announced today it is connected with athenahealth's single-instance health information platform, athenaNet.
4. TeleTracking Technologies and GE Healthcare recently announced a new collaboration agreement, which will enable GE Healthcare to place focus on workforce optimization solutions while leveraging TeleTracking's patient flow solutions and integrated operational platform.
5. A new partnership between mobile healthcare communications company Vocera and organizational services company Zebra Technologies will make Vocera's Collaboration Suite communications solution available on Zebra's Android mobile computer.
6. Microsoft has announced plans to discontinue its MSN Health & Fitness app, effective Nov. 1.
7. Horsham, Pa.-based NextGen Healthcare Information Systems announced today that it has connected to the Massachusetts Health Information HIway.
8. Epic is developing a clinical decision support tool for falls assessments that will be made available to its EHR clients.
9. Nuance Communications, a provider of voice and language solutions for businesses, is the newest member of athenahealth's More Disruption Please program's marketplace.
10. EvergreenHealth achieved stage 6 of the HIMSS EMR Adoption Model using Cerner's platform.
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