1. Six more hospitals and clinics signed on to Apple’s health records project.
2. Athenahealth filed a notice with the Securities and Exchange Commission detailing the shareholder vote on its proposed acquisition.
3. HIMSS Analytics named BlackBerry a certified consultant to help address the digital infrastructure needs of healthcare organizations.
4. An informal group at President Donald Trump’s private Mar-a-Lago club was reportedly allowed to review the Veterans Affairs Department’s $10 billion EHR modernization contract with Cerner.
5. Cerner and Epic offer the most frequently adopted clinical surveillance tools in the provider market, according to a report from KLAS Research.
6. Curvai Health, a UPMC-backed telemedicine company that provides services to nursing homes, acquired one of its competitors, TripleCare.
7. The American University of Beirut Medical Center implemented a new EHR, marking Epic’s first go-live in Lebanon.
8. Meditech acquired a long-time international business affiliate as part of the company’s plan to launch Meditech UK, an entity focused on supporting customers in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
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