GE Healthcare Augments IT Offerings With $1.2 Bil. Purchase Of IDX
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
GE Healthcare is responding to increased IT competition from imaging competitors Kodak and Philips with a $1.2 bil. acquisition of health information technology firm IDX Systems
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