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McKesson and Change Healthcare release name of new company
McKesson Corp. and Change Healthcare Holdings, which announced a joint venture last summer, now report that they will name their new company Change Healthcare.
“The company’s logo, brand positioning, and visual identity will be completely new, reflecting the unification of the two organizations and the launch of a new company,” according to a joint statement from the vendors. “The new brand will be unveiled in its entirety upon the close of the transaction, with a migration process to occur over the following 12 months.”
The new entity will combine substantially all of Change Healthcare’s business and the majority of McKesson Technology Solutions, including McKesson Health Solutions, Imaging and Workflow Solutions, Business Performance Services, and Connected Care and Analytics. It excludes McKesson Enterprise Information Solutions, which markets McKesson Lab, and the company’s RelayHealth pharmacy business.
Visiun announces installation
Baylor Scott & White Health, the largest nonprofit health care system in Texas, has implemented Visiun’s Performance Insight laboratory data analytics software suite. Visiun has provided the product to the laboratories at Baylor Scott & White Health’s 48 hospitals.
Visiun, 800-941-4937
Dr. Aller teaches informatics in the Department of Pathology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. He can be reached at raller@usc.edu. Hal Weiner is president of Weiner Consulting Services, LLC, Eugene, Ore. He can be reached at hal@weinerconsulting.com.