LexisNexis, the large publishing and software firm, is acquiring Health Market Science, which provides a variety of data regarding the practices of health care providers.
Xerox, which through its ACS acquisition has a significant business in health plan outsourcing services, has invested in HealthSpot, a maker of telemedicine kiosks.
Truven Health Analytics, the former Thompson unit, has acquired Heartbeat Experts, a global provider of data analytics services, primarily to life sciences companies.
A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine finds that using a formal care handoff process to share information between a patient's clinicians reduced medical errors in hospitals.
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