IDX Systems
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IDX Systems Corporation (IDX) is a healthcare software technology company with headquarters in South Burlington, Vermont. It was founded in 1969 by Robert Hoehl, Richard Tarrant, and Paul Egerman. IDX was acquired by General Electric in 2006.
[edit] Products
IDX has four primary lines of business:
Flowcast is the original application produced by IDX and is a revenue cycle management system for medium to large physician groups, hospitals, and integrated delivery networks, and includes scheduling, billing and collections modules. It is written in the MUMPS programming language and runs on InterSystems Caché.
Groupcast is a financial management system for smaller provider groups.
Carecast s a system used primarily by hospitals and medical centers as an integrated clinical and financial application. Formerly known as "Phamis", it was acquired by IDX in the 1990s and re-branded as Carecast. Carecast also comes in a regionalized version currently used at the University College Hospital in London. The main Carecast code-base is written in COBOL.
Imagecast is a radiology information system which enables "filmless" radiology image workflow.
[edit] GE Buyout
On September 29, 2005, General Electric's Healthcare division announced it would acquire IDX for $44 a share. The deal was valued at $1.2 billion. The purchase was finalized January 4, 2006.
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