Evolvent Technologies has received seven new Military Health System (MHS) task orders for healthcare-related technology.

Coupling an electronic prescription drug ordering system with a computerized method for reporting adverse events can dramatically reduce the number of medication errors in a hospital's psychiatric unit, according to research published in the March edition of The Journal of Psychiatric Practice.

Affiliated Computer Services (ACS), a Xerox company, announced a definitive agreement to acquire Nashville, Tenn.-based CredenceHealth, a software developer whose products capture and analyze patient data.

Growth in Medicaid enrollment under health reform will greatly outpace growth in the number of primary care physicians willing to treat new Medicaid patients, according to a study by the Center for Studying Health System Change.

Some 9 million working-age U.S. adults became uninsured in the last two years--or 57 percent of people who had health insurance through their employer, according to the Commonwealth Fund 2010 Biennial Health Insurance Survey. 

Aramark Healthcare has acquired Masterplan, a clinical technology management and medical equipment maintenance company, in order to expand its capabilities to service levels of hospital clinical technology, including MRI and CT scanners, as well as infusion pumps.

The Government of Canada, through the Atlantic Innovation Fund (AIF), has enlisted FoneMed in a research and development effort to deliver the next generation of remote disease management services.

Essentia Health is entering an agreement with technology commercialization company HealthCare DataWorks (HCD) for business intelligence tools to support Essentia's enterprisewide data integration efforts.