The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) releases the May 2012 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI) today. Designed to collect leadership data, the index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and expectations for the future as reported by key executives from the $628 billion equipment finance sector. Overall, confidence in the equipment finance market is 59.2, down slightly from the April index of 62.1, reflecting uncertainty about the pace of U.S. economic growth and concerns about global political and economic factors. MORE

Orion HealthCorp, a leader in medical billing and practice management for more than 20 years, today announced that it will demonstrate the data mashup capabilities of its Osmium(SM) Business Intelligence (BI) solution in booth 307 during the Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) Radiology Summit in Orlando May 20-23. Data mashups are apps or webpages that combine data from two or more disparate sources into a new useful service. They are used today in consumer and business applications, and are making significant inroads in the healthcare industry, specifically radiology. MORE

Kofax plc, a leading provider of capture enabled business process management (BPM) solutions, today announced that a branch of the U.S. military has selected Kofax for its capture solution. The value of the contract to Kofax exceeds $300,000. MORE

Anthem Healthcare Intelligence, the leading provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS) healthcare business intelligence (BI) solutions and services, today announced it has re-branded under a new company name, Agilum Healthcare Intelligence. Under the new brand, Agilum has launched a refreshed brand identity, product structure and website. MORE

DaVita Inc., a leading provider of kidney care services for those diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD), and HealthCare Partners, the country’s largest operator of medical groups and physician networks, announced today that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement. The two companies expect to close the transaction early in the fourth quarter of this year. Upon closing, the combined company will be named DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. MORE

GHX announced the addition of a new business intelligence application to its portfolio of products aimed at cutting healthcare costs by simplifying supply chain operations through automation. Provider Intelligence, a new cloud-based application that measures and tracks supply chain metrics, provides hospitals with greater visibility into operational and financial performance. MORE

MTBC, a leading national provider of electronic health records (EHR) and practice and revenue cycle management solutions, today announced the launch of its ground-breaking OB/GYN EHR. MORE

Irving, Texas-based VHA Inc., the national health care network, provided expert testimony to the Oversight Subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee today that the Internal Revenue Service Schedule H amendment and informal guidance place overly burdensome requirements on nonprofit hospitals, redirecting scarce resources away from meeting their communities' most pressing health needs. MORE

For today's health care organizations, analyzing and leveraging vast amounts of spend data presents a formidable challenge. Many health care leaders are employing business intelligence tools to help interpret the numbers so they can improve their supply chain processes and reduce costs. To assist in this process, VHA Inc., the national health care network, has introduced Spend Essentials, a new component to its comprehensive VHA LYNX™ suite of business intelligence resources. VHA LYNX provides a powerful business solution to support spend decisions and promote system-wide transparency; Spend Essentials combines member spend history with industry-leading contracts offered through Novation, VHA's supply contracting company. MORE

Brainware announced today that Advocate Health Care, a Chicagoland-based healthcare provider that includes several hospitals cited by U.S. News and World Report's "Best Hospitals 2011-12" report, has selected Brainware Distiller for optimal efficiency and visibility in accounts payable automation.  This implementation will replace another vendor's OCR application. MORE