IDX Systems
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'''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]]
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