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IBM has closed a deal that will expand its existing portfolio by acquiring Initiate Systems, a software company focused on developing data management technologies.
St. Joseph Health System (SJHS) in Southern California has chosen Accenx Exchange as its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform from Accenx Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of data management company Initiate Systems.
The West Allis, Wis.-based ACL Laboratories, which provides clinical and industrial laboratory testing, has chosen health information exchange company Accenx Exchange EMR.
Initiate Systems has introduced Initiate Master Data Service v9.0, an upgrade to its data management application.
Initiate Systems, a provider of data-management solutions, has launched the Initiate Catalyst software platform for independent software vendors.
Initiate Systems and Axolotl have entered into a partnership to combine Axolotl's Elysium Exchange, a health information exchange (HIE) framework that networks legacy and EMR systems, with Initiate's patient identification solution.
Wellogic and its partners Apollo Health Street and Initiate Systems will provide software as a service (SaaS)-based clinical solutions and services to the Southern Arizona Health Information Exchange (SAHIE)'s 40-plus member organizations.
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IBM has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Initiate Systems, a provider of data integrity software for information sharing among healthcare and government organizations. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.
Data management company Accenx, a subsidiary of Initiate Systems, reported that MemorialCare Medical Centers has chosen its Accenx Exchange as the interoperability platform to support the California system’s physician outreach program.
Data management company Initiate Systems has acquired health information exchange provider Accenx Technologies to expand its interoperable healthcare solutions. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Initiate Systems has launched its Initiate Provider Management solution, which allows healthcare organizations to create a provider registry.
Initiate Systems, a provider of multi-domain master-data management solutions for information sharing and data quality, has formed a partnership with Datanomic, a provider of data-quality technology.
Health information exchange provider Accenx has formed a partnership with Initiate Systems to offer managed, remote hosting of Initiate Patient for healthcare customers.
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