Here are 10 recent news updates on health IT companies.
1. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Alphabet's artificial intelligence arm DeepMind entered into a partnership to study patient deterioration during hospital care, the agency announced Feb. 21.
2. Health IT vendor eClinicalWorks plans to offer hospitals and health systems a new platform for acute care EHR and revenue cycle management, the company announced Feb. 27.
3. Elsevier, an analytics company focused on science and healthcare, will join forces with Beijing University of Chinese Medicine in China to add taxonomies related to "traditional Chinese medicine" to its biomedical literature database, the company announced Feb. 26.
4. Epic made xG Health Solutions' care management content available within its population health management software, Epic Healthy Planet, earlier this year.
5. McKesson's iKnowMedSM is the No.1 EHR for oncology and hematology specialists based on client experience ratings, according to a recent Black Book Market Research report.
6. MDLive named Lyle Berkowitz, MD, executive vice president of product strategy and CMO, the telehealth provider confirmed Feb. 28.
7. Meditech is rolling out a new web-based EHR designed for the post-meaningful use era called Expanse, the company announced Feb. 27.
8. Outcome Health laid off 20 additional employees in February, after previously laying off nearly half its staff in late 2017.
9. UC San Francisco and Samsung Electronics will launcha smartphone app, dubbed My BP Lab, on the Google Play Store March 15 to fuel a research project on blood pressure and stress.
10. Sectra topped a list of popular IT vendors ranked for their ability to set and deliver on expectations related to artificial intelligence in medical imaging, according to a KLAS Research report.