synopsis: 7 Medical Systems™, LLC announced the closing of its acquisition of Manager Consultoria em Informatica LTDA EPP. ("Manager Systems®"), a health informatics company providing practice management, EMR, radiology information systems (RIS) and picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) to hospitals and clinics in Brazil.

synopsis: QuadraMed Corporation, a leading provider of healthcare technologies and services, has closed a definitive agreement with NCR Corporation to acquire NCR healthcare solutions, including its MediKiosk™ patient access software, NCR Payment Manager, Patient Portal, Patient Tracking, Physician Referral Portal and eForms software solutions.

synopsis: Mindray Medical International Limited announced an agreement to acquire a controlling stake of Zhejiang Greenlander Information Technology Co., Ltd., a healthcare IT solutions provider that specializes in PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication System) and RIS (Radiology Information System).

synopsis: MD On-Line, a leader in enabling interoperable electronic data interchange transactions, announced it has acquired Healthware Solutions LLC, whose e-Chart software has already been developed, used and proven to improve efficiency and provide ready access to electronic medical records for medical practices of all specialties and of all sizes.

synopsis: Vista Equity Partners has completed its acquisition of the Sage Healthcare Division from The Sage Group plc. The new company will be called Vitera Healthcare Solutions, which will continue serving the ambulatory market with its current line of electronic health records (EHR), practice management and revenue cycle management products.

synopsis: QHR Technologies Inc. announced that the Company has signed an Asset Purchase Agreement to acquire the assets of EMIS Inc. a 100% subsidiary of Egton Medical Information Systems Limited based in Leeds, UK. EMIS is the largest EMR vendor in the UK with over 55% of the UK GP market. EMIS Canada launched its entry into the Canadian EMR market in 2005.

synopsis: CSC announced it has closed the acquisition of iSOFT Group Limited, one of the world’s largest providers of advanced healthcare IT solutions. The acquisition complements and strengthens CSC’s market-leading software products and healthcare integration and services portfolio, and enhances its healthcare research and development capabilities.

synopsis: Netsmart Technologies, Inc. a leading provider of enterprise-wide software for health and human services organizations, has entered into a definitive agreement for Netsmart to be acquired by Insight Venture Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners. Members of the Netsmart executive management team will participate in the ownership of the company.

synopsis: Huntsman Gay Global Capital LLC, is leading an investor group expected to pay $208 million for a 51 percent stake in Sunquest Information Systems Inc., a provider of laboratory, radiology and pharmacy software products to hospitals and commercial laboratories.

synopsis: Genstar Capital, LLC, a private equity firm that focuses on investments in selected segments of the software, healthcare, financial services, and industrial technology industries, announced a majority investment in Netsmart Technologies, Inc.

synopsis: MAXIMUS, a leading provider of government services, announced that it has acquired DeltaWare Systems, Inc., a premier developer of health administration management systems for the government health care market. Medigent®, DeltaWare’s cornerstone eHealth software, offers a fully integrated suite of eHealth products.

synopsis: Sunquest™ Information Systems, Inc. announced its formation and status as a privately-held corporation. The company was established when Vista Equity Partners, a leading private equity firm, completed its acquisition of the Diagnostics Systems from Misys Healthcare.

synopsis: Netsmart, the leading provider of clinical solutions for health and human services organizations nationwide, has acquired Sequest Technologies, Inc. Sequest provides the TIER® (Totally Integrated Electronic Record) family of clinical and practice management solutions, which will continue to be developed and supported as a Netsmart solution.

synopsis: Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has completed its acquisition of privately held Carefx Corporation, a leading provider of interoperability workflow solutions built on its popular Fusionfx platform.

synopsis: Streamline Health Solutions, Inc. announced the closing of its acquisition of Interpoint Partners. Interpoint delivers healthcare information technology-driven solutions that simplify and optimize a healthcare provider's operating financial performance with real-time access to financial data and a robust reporting engine.

synopsis: CompuGroup Medical concluded an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in Microbais Werkmaatschappij B.V.. Microbais is one of the market leaders in ambulatory and pharmacy information systems in the Netherlands.

synopsis: Resource Systems, developer of the Care Tracker® point-of-care electronic documentation systems currently used by more than 3,000 organizations, has been acquired by Cerner Corporation. Resource Systems’ solutions are complementary to Cerner’s current long-term care offerings.

synopsis: Haemonetics Corporation and Global Med Technologies, Inc. announced a definitive agreement under which Haemonetics will acquire Global Med. Global Med is a healthcare information technology company which markets a breadth of software solutions and services that span the blood supply continuum.

synopsis: Global Med Technologies(R), Inc., an international e-Health, medical information technology company, announced that on Tuesday, December 9, 2008, its board of directors received a letter from Victory Park Capital Advisors, LLC ("VPC") whereby VPC proposed to acquire a majority share in, or full ownership of, Global Med.

synopsis: Mediware Information Systems, Inc. announced that it has acquired substantially all the assets of Hann's On Software (HOS), a pharmacy management software provider. Mediware's purchase agreement includes a cash payment of approximately $3.5M, with an additional earn out opportunity based on operational performance.

synopsis: 7 Medical Systems™, LLC announced the closing of its acquisition of Manager Consultoria em Informatica LTDA EPP. ("Manager Systems®"), a health informatics company providing practice management, EMR, radiology information systems (RIS) and picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) to hospitals and clinics in Brazil.

synopsis: 7 Medical Systems™, LLC announced the closing of its acquisition of Manager Consultoria em Informatica LTDA EPP. ("Manager Systems®"), a health informatics company providing practice management, EMR, radiology information systems (RIS) and picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) to hospitals and clinics in Brazil.

synopsis: Accentus Inc. announced the acquisition of Mrecord. Mrecord is a leader in speech-to-text technology and has offices in Raleigh, North Carolina and Mumbai, India. Accentus will utilize Mrecord’s technology platform and software development team to further enhance its ambulatory care service offering.

synopsis: Craneware, Inc., the market leader in automated revenue integrity solutions for the U.S. healthcare market, has announced the acquisition of Nashville-based ClaimTrust, Inc., a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) revenue cycle technology solutions provider.

synopsis: Middle-market buyout shop SFW Capital Partners has acquired MD Buyline, a provider of strategic information and analyses to healthcare services companies. Founded in 1983 by Larry and Sharon Malcolmson, Dallas-based MD Buyline serves over 1,500 hospitals throughout the U.S., including not-for-profit and for-profit hospitals.

synopsis: NIIT Technologies Limited, a leading IT solutions organization has acquired an electronic health records and referral management platform. The platform called "Preferr" enables seamless collaboration between all providers namely physicians, hospitals, diagnostic facilities, and laboratories.

synopsis: Healthy Advice Networks, the leading provider of award-winning patient and physician engagement programs at the point of care, announced the acquisition of PatientPoint™, a provider of care coordination, patient engagement, and revenue cycle management solutions.

synopsis: HMS Holdings Corp., the nation's leader in coordination of benefits and program integrity services for healthcare payers, has completed the acquisition of privately-held HealthDataInsights, a leading provider of improper payment identification services for government and commercial health plans.

synopsis: TransUnion Healthcare, a wholly owned subsidiary of credit and information management company TransUnion, has acquired Financial Healthcare Systems. The Denver-based company provides an Internet-based solution to the healthcare industry that informs patients about their out-of-pocket costs, in real-time, prior to treatment.

synopsis: IntraNexus, a provider of web-based integrated clinical and revenue-cycle management information system, has been acquired Quality Systems, Inc. IntraNexus will operate as a part of NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc.

synopsis: Peer Review Mediation & Arbitration Inc. announced the acquisition of "eMR Anywhere." "eMR Anywhere" is an electronic medical record system that enables ambulatory care physicians and clinical staff to document the patient encounters, streamline clinical workflow, and securely exchange clinical data with others.

synopsis: MD On-Line, Inc., a leading provider of electronic healthcare solutions that leverage data to improve practice efficiency and industry connectivity, announced that it has acquired MD Technologies Inc., a healthcare technology company based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

synopsis: Noteworthy Medical Systems, Inc., a leading provider of connected healthcare technology solutions for the ambulatory sector announced that it has closed on its merger with strategic partner ChartConnect, Inc., based in Yakima, Wash., a provider of turn-key health information exchange and web-based electronic health record applications.

synopsis: HealthPort, the authority on the compliant exchange of protected health information through release of information (ROI) services and audit management technology, announced its merger with Universata, a ROI company based in Germantown, MD. This merger is part of HealthPort’s targeted focus on the expansion of its core competency, ROI services.

synopsis: ADP, a leading provider of human resource, payroll and benefits administration services, has announced that it has acquired AdvancedMD, a highly respected, privately-held provider of practice management (PM) and electronic health records (EHR) solutions targeting small and mid-sized medical practices.

synopsis: AdvancedMD Software Inc, the leading provider of web-based medical practice management solutions, has been acquired by Francisco Partners, a leading technology-focused private equity firm based in San Francisco.

synopsis: The Thurston Group and ABRY Partners together announce that they have purchased the healthcare technology company Companion Technologies Corp. from BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina.

synopsis: AdvantEdge Healthcare Solutions, one of the nation’s leading providers of medical billing and practice management services, announced that it has acquired AMSplus, Inc., a division of CBay Systems. AMSplus has been offering billing and practice management services to clients since 1982.

synopsis: Yardi announced that it has acquired ALMSA Corporation, which provides electronic health record (EHR) and electronic medication administration record (eMAR) software and services for assisted living and long-term care communities. ALMSA’s platform includes assessment and care planning, financial analysis and risk mitigation.

synopsis: Phyaura, LLC, a healthcare technology firm, has acquired EHR Live, LLC, a West Palm Beach company that shares PHYAURA’s focus on developing ‘open source’ Electronic Health Records (EHR) solutions in full compliance with government regulations.

synopsis: Toshiba Medical Systems Corp. announced the expiry of the subsequent offering period by TMSC and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Magenta Corporation, for all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Vital Images, Inc., a provider of advanced visualization and analysis software for physicians and healthcare specialists.

synopsis: MedLink, a leading provider of health information technology solutions, announced that it has acquired the assets of MedAppz, LLC. of Wichita, Kansas, a leading Electronic Health Record (EHR) and practice management software provider.