- Computer Sciences Tallying a Big Buy
Even as Computer Sciences Corp. continues its recovery from an accounting scandal that will cost it at least $600 million, it is moving ahead with another significant acquisition. This time the El Segundo-based information technology company has set its sights on First Consulting Inc., a Long Beach information technology and ......
- ACS acquires OASYS
HEADNOTE DALLAS-BASED BUSINESS PROCESS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OUTSOURCING SOLUTIONS PROVIDER ACS (WWW.ACS-INC.COM) HAS COMPLETED THE ACQUISITION OF OUTSOURCED ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEMS, INC. (OASYS). TERMS OF THE ACQUISITION WERE NOT DISCLOSED. ALL 190 OASYS EMPLOYEES WILL TRANSITION INTO ACS. OASYS (800-511-5774 / www.oasys.com) holds a strong presence in the mid-tier and regional ......
- Experts debate the future of healthcare
computing.
INFORMATION SYSTEMS HEALTHCARE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT engaged four healthcare information systems experts in a discussion about the future of computing and technology in the healthcare industry. The four experts agree that as the healthcare industry consolidates, managed care advances, and healthcare reform legislation continues to be debated, demands for increased connectivity ......
- Amisys Synertech and Verilet finalize strategic
alliance.
Amisys Synertech Inc. and Verilet, Inc. have finalized their joint marketing and sales effort to offer integrated IT products to Amisys Synertech customers. In addition to this base of 80 health plans serving more than 13 million members, there are plans to offer similar services to dozens of other health ......
- Simione Central Acquires Tropical Software Services
For $1.8 Million.
Simione Central Holdings Inc. of Atlanta, Ga., has acquired Tropical Software Services, maker of a Windows-based Home Medical Equipment (HME) Management System. "This acquisition is consistent with our objective to offer state of the art solutions to the home health, HME, infusion, and hospice industries," says Barrett O'Donnell, Simione Central's ......
- Planning an HR System Merge.
Preparation is the key to smooth integration. When two healthcare organizations merge, rarely do their human resources information systems match perfectly. Sometimes, in fact, they don't match at all, forcing the decision to keep one or both, or start over with a fresh system. That was the question facing Texas ......
- Computer networking of patient information: it's
on the way.
An integrated managed health care system seems only a matter of time in the United States, and it will affect all health care delivery systems including behavioral health care. Key to successful implementation will be the exchange of data electronically between providers and payers, within a provider system, and between ......