IDX Systems 1997098 188296442 2008-02-01T02:22:59Z 24.250.219.18 /* Products */ '''IDX Systems Corporation''' (IDX) was a healthcare software technology company that formerly had headquarters in [[South Burlington, Vermont]], [[United States]]. It was founded in 1969 by [[Robert Hoehl]], [[Richard Tarrant]], and Paul Egerman. IDX was acquired by [[General Electric]] and incorporated into its [[GE Healthcare]] business unit in 2006. ==Products== Prior to its acquisition by [[GE Healthcare]], IDX had four primary lines of business: '''Flowcast''' was the original application produced by IDX. It 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 language|MUMPS]] programming language and runs on [[InterSystems]] [[Caché (software)|Caché]]. '''Groupcast''' was a financial management system for smaller provider groups. '''Carecast''' was a system used primarily by large hospitals and medical centers as an integrated clinical and financial application. Known as "Lastword" before IDX re-branded it, the system was developed in the 1980's by [[Seattle]]-based [[PHAMIS]], Inc., a company acquired by IDX in 1997[http://sec.edgar-online.com/1997/07/25/09/0000927016-97-002052/Section9.asp]. Carecast also came in a regionalized version currently used at the [[University College Hospital]] in London. The main Carecast code-base is written in [[COBOL]], [[Transaction_Application_Language |TAL]], [[C (programming language)|C]] and [[Java (programming language)|Java]] and runs on Tandem/NonStop [[Tandem Computers]] hardware. '''Imagecast''' was a radiology information system which enables "filmless" radiology image workflow. ==GE Buyout== On [[September 29]], [[2005]], [[General Electric|General Electric's]] [[GE Healthcare|Healthcare]] division announced it would acquire IDX for US$44 a share. The deal was valued at US$1.2 billion. The purchase was finalized [[January 4]], [[2006]]. ==External links== *[http://www.ge.com/ General Electric's website] **[http://www.gehealthcare.com/company/pressroom/releases/pr_release_10389.html Press release from GE finalizing acquisition of IDX] *[http://www.idx.com/ IDX's website] **[http://www.idx.com/corporate/pressrelease.asp?id=41458BEC00C4D7148525708B00449A8E Press release from IDX regarding GE acquisition] [[Category:Companies established in 1969]] [[Category:Defunct software companies]] [[Category:Software companies of the United States]] {{ict-company-stub}}