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Discounted EMR offered to hospitals
NEWS IN BRIEF — Posted Sept. 18, 2006
Medsphere Systems Corp. has signed a deal under which it will offer for purchase its open-source electronic medical records software at an undisclosed discount to members of the Greater New York Hospital Assn.
Under the terms of deal, Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based Medsphere and Nexera Inc., a for-profit subsidiary of the Greater New York Hospital Assn, will offer, implement and deploy Medsphere's EMR, which is based on the EMR used by the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs hospitals.
Note: This item originally appeared at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2006/09/18/bibf0918.htm.