eHealth to acquire PlanPrescriber
EHealth has acquired privately-held PlanPrescriber for approximately $28.7 million in cash before giving effect to purchase price deductions, including transaction expenses, certain bonus plan payments, and other employee-related deductions, reports Market Watch.
PlanPrescriber provides online and pharmacy-based tools to help seniors navigate Medicare health insurance options and choose the right plan.
PlanPrescriber has become a wholly-owned subsidiary of eHealth, and PlanPrescriber CEO Ross Blair will continue to manage the subsidiary.
GE intros e-health platform in Middle East
With a focus on connecting the healthcare system through clinical information exchange, GE Healthcare has introduced its next-generation e-health platform in the Middle East, says AMEInfo.
The Global e-Health Solutions platform includes expanded services for health information exchange, a clinical portal, and a patient health management system, all focused on delivering the value of e-health to healthcare providers, insurance bodies, and governmental agencies.
These solutions help to simplify the collection and exchange of data across a wide variety of legacy clinical systems, including imaging products, hospital information systems, electronic medical records, laboratories, pharmacies and other systems used for diagnostics or patient monitoring.
E-health grants create 1 000 jobs
According to White House officials, health IT grants awarded to 15 communities for expanding the use of electronic health records will also create about 1 000 jobs, writes NextGov.
“Everyone wants to hear 'You're hired',” said Jared Bernstein, chief economist to vice-president Joseph Biden, during a conference call with reporters. The announcement "will bring that news to over 1 000 more people".
Biden said the administration had awarded $220 million in stimulus funds to communities selected as pioneers in expanding the use of digital patient records.
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