California health system picks Accenx SaaS platform

St. Joseph Health System, based in Southern California, has chosen Accenx Exchange as its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform from Accenx Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of data management company Initiate Systems.

St. Joseph's has locations throughout California, New Mexico and Texas, which the Irvine,Calif.-based Accenx said they plan to connect for data exchange.

In October, Accenx Technologies was acquired by the Chicago-headquartered Initiate.

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