2010 Healthcare Informatics 100 named

Healthcare Informatics has released its 2010 Healthcare Informatics 100, and as to be expected companies from the Philly region have a strong presence on it.
HCI ranks Malvern's Siemens Healthcare #7 with estimated 2009 revenue of $1.4 billion. Also ranked in the top 100 are Medquist of Mount Laurel (28), NextGen Healthcare of Horsham (29), Elsevier of Philadelphia (44), Apollo Health Street of Conshohocken (48), Passport Health Communications (55), whose Healthworks division is located in King of Prussia, Vitalize Consulting Solutions of Kennett Square (66), RCM Technologies of Pennsauken (78), and Portico Systems of Blue Bell (97).
Many others on the list have a significant presence in the area.
Expect more M&A activity among this group over the next year (such as the recent Allscripts-Eclipsys deal) as companies seek to strengthen their competitive positions and add more integrated capabilities as the rampup of spending from Healthcare IT stimulus funding accelerates.

Daily Links 6/10/2010: Army Experience Center in Northeast will close

Army Experience Center in Northeast will close (Philadelphia
Inquirer)

Azavea (Formerly Avencia) Awarded NSF SBIR Grant to Explore Use of GPUs for Faster Geographic Data Processing (PR Web)

Franken Grills Varney On Comcast-NBCU-Like Mergers
Assistant AG For Antitrust Assures Senator Justics Doesn't Rely On Promises (Multichannel News)

Cablevision, Charter Among Bidders For Bresnan, WSJ Reports
(Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)
Comcast owns 30% of Bresnan.

Hulu plans to charge, expand to devices: sources (Reuters)

Google TV Is A Bigger Deal Than You Think (Forrester
Blogs)

Allscripts-Eclipsys Merger: Electronic Health Records Land Grab (Forbes: The Science Business)
This deal raises questions about how Quality Systems Inc., which owns Allscripts competitor NextGen Healthcare of Horsham, will respond.

Internet Week proves New York rivals Silicon Valley in tech savvy (Newark Star-Ledger)

GSI Commerce Founder and CEO Michael G. Rubin Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2010 Award Winner in Greater Philadelphia (Business Wire)

Search No More: PA Companies Lead Online Marketing Revolution (Keystone Edge)

Would Software AG be a good fit for SAP? (Computerworld)

Software AG, IDS Scheer Employees Face Insider-Trading Probe
(Bloomberg Business Week)

VCopious Announces SAP Software License Agreement
SAP Global Marketing unveils proprietary virtual environment software platform at SAPPHIRE® NOW
(PR Newswire)






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Daily Links 5/28/2010: Environmental Tectonics posts sales gain, profit

Quality Systems Reports Fiscal 2010 Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results (Business Wire)
Quality Systems' business is primarily composed of Horsham-based NextGen Healthcare Information Systems.

Senate antitrust leader fears Comcast will kneecap Hulu (Ars Technica)

The next Apple TV revealed: cloud storage and iPhone OS on tap... and a $99 price tag (Engadget)

Icahn's stake in Lawson means likely push for sale (IDG via Bloomberg
Business Week)

Environmental Tectonics Corporation Announces Fiscal 2010 Results (PR Newswire)

Brook Lenfest growing Net Carrier (Philadelphia Business Journal: Technology Blog)

SES Will Be Bird-Watching Over Memorial Day Weekend
Intelsat's ‘Zombie' Satellite to Pass Near Operator's AMC-11 on May 31 (Multichannel News)




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Daily Links 4/6/2010: CTDI continues to grow through acquisitions

Moto Shuffles Ahead of Split (Light Reading Cable)

CTDI Acquires More Access Assets (Light Reading Cable)
West Chester-based company continues to grow.

FanDuel partners with Philly.com to let US newspaper readers bet online legally (TechCrunch Europe)

SunGard Higher Education Launches Industry’s First ERP Community Source Initiative
Initiative is Designed to Harness Power and Expertise of Customer Base and Make Valuable Functionality Available to Entire User Community (Business Wire)

Ingres and Contemporary Software Concepts of New Jersey Ink Strategic Partnership – Eye Manufacturing and Public Sector
Upcoming Webcast Focuses on How Companies are Surviving in a “Post Economic Recovery” World
(Business Wire)

Cardionet rises as analyst upgrades shares (Associated Press via
Forbes)

Mercy Health System Expands Its Use of NextGen Technology to Enhance Care Coordination (Business Wire)

Guest post: Microsoft should buy medical-records company
Microsoft EMR: It's Not Just a Matter of When, It's a Matter of Who (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
First recommendation: Horsham's NextGen Healthcare Information Systems.


As FDA debates social media rules, pharma isn’t waiting (Philadelphia Business Journal)


Pa. school official ordered deposed in webcam case (Associated
Press via Philadelphia Inquirer)

NetReach Web Development Technology Helps Parkway Council Foundation Promote Philadelphia’s Parkway District as a Destination
(Business Wire)






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Daily Links 2/11/2010: SAP appoints new COO; Schwarz resigns

Motorola targets first quarter of 2011 for split into two (Engadget)
Motorola Press Release

DOJ: No Need for Warrant for Cell Location Information (PC World)
Court of Appeals hearing scheduled for Philadelphia tomorrow.

Paperboy 2.0: Using the Cloud to Get Paid for Application and Content Subscriptions (ReadWriteCloud)

Aria Announces Aria Platform Standard and Enterprise Editions (Marketwire)

SAP Announces Subsequent Changes to Executive Board and Management in Support of New Co-CEO Structure (PR Newswire)
The resignation of John Schwarz is a bit of a surprise to me; he had been positioned as one of the key change agents at SAP recently.

Researchers create world’s first solar power circuit (SlashGear)
Developed at Penn.

Motorola May Spin Off, Not Sell Set-Top Box Business (Bloomberg via Business Week)

After Facebook, Google Looks to Eat Comcast's Lunch (The Atlantic Wire)

Al Franken uses conflict with NBC/Comcast execs to help raise cash (City Pages: The Blotter)

Quality Systems, Inc. Acquires Opus Healthcare Solutions
Acquisition Marks Entry into Rural and Community Hospital Market (Business Wire)
To become part of NextGen Healthcare Information Systems in Horsham.

Siemens and NextGen Healthcare Renew Alliance To Deliver Ambulatory IT Solutions (PR Newswire)


USA Technologies, Inc. Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2010 Financial Results (Business Wire)

Startl Design Boost and Startl Accelerator (A VC)


Q&A: Valerie Gaydos, Private Investors Forum (Keystone Edge)

Lockheed’s N.J. unit wins $160M Navy contract (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Technology awards to be held Friday in Harrisburg (Harrisburg Patriot-News)



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