UnitedHealth Group will unify its health services businesses under the Optum brand.

Michael A. Young will assume the duties of president and CEO at PinnacleHealth System in Harrisburg, Pa., in June, replacing Roger Longenderfer, who retired last year.

Dell Services has launched a mobile clinical computing automation tool for healthcare organizations that use the Meditech Health Care Information System.

Endo Pharmaceuticals and American Medical Systems announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement. 

Abel Medical Software, a medical and dental EHR provider, has been designated a preferred certified EHR vendor by the Ponce School of Medicine Regional Extension Center for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Were in for a couple of years of fun, Farzad Mostashari, MD, wryly told his audience at the Physician IT Symposium during the HIMSS conference in February. He was commenting on efforts to engage physicians in the meaningful use program.

Medical device companies saw growth in 2010 despite a slow economy and pressure on pricing, and that growth should continue for the next few years, according to Kalorama Information.

On Thursday, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) voted 15 to 1 to recommend that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services require prior authorization before some physicians could order imaging studies.