ATLANTA – Newell Rubbermaid Inc. announced that it has sold its Rubbermaid medical carts business to Capsa Solutions, a leader in the development and manufacturing of mobile computer workstations, medical carts, health IT mounting solutions and medication management systems, based in Portland, Ore.
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TORONTO – meshMD Inc, the secure healthcare software solution provider, announced that it has acquired Wellx (wellx.ca) – a popular secure communication tool which allows physicians and patients to connect digitally.
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LEVERKUSEN, Germany – Bayer AG has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Diabetes Care business to Panasonic Healthcare Holdings Co., Ltd., a company which is backed by funds sponsored by leading global investment firm KKR and the Panasonic Corporation.
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MINNETONKA, Minn. – IMRIS Inc., the high tech image guided surgical technology company that was formed in Winnipeg in 2005 has filed for bankruptcy protection. The company evolved from research conducted through the National Research Council of Canada.
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STAMFORD, Conn. and MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc. has announced the completion of its acquisition of TeraMedica, Inc., a global healthcare informatics company and a leading provider of vendor neutral, enterprise solutions. The acquisition will allow Fujifilm to offer the market a leading Vendor Neutral Archiving (VNA) technology.
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CHICAGO – IBM has announced the creation of Watson Health, a new unit of the company that will be headquartered in Boston, with additional facilities in New York. The announcement was made at the annual Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference in Chicago.
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ST. JOHN’S, N&L and TAMPA, Fla. – Terra Nova Transcription announced that Steve Sanchez, of Miami, Fla., has been appointed Chief Operating Officer, a new leadership position for the company. Sanchez will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of Terra Nova, ensuring operational excellence across the organization.
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WINNIPEG – Intelligent Hospital Systems (IH Systems), developer of pharmacy automation and workflow solutions, announced it has acquired AmerisourceBergen Technology Group (ABTG), a unit of the U.S. giant, AmerisourceBergen. The combined businesses will form a new company that will operate under the name Arxium.
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OREM, Utah – KLAS has published its inaugural edition of the Global (Non-U.S.) Best in KLAS report. This separate report ranks vendor and product performance outside the United States in the following segments: Electronic Medical Record (EMR), Patient Administration System (PAS), and Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS).
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PHILADELPHIA – Canadian small and medium-sized companies seeking to grow their healthcare IT business in the United States are invited to the Digital Health IT Best Practices conference, March 12 and 13, 2015 at Jefferson University in Philadelphia.
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