Thomson agrees to acquire Solucient.Thomson Corp. (Stamford, CT), through its Thomson Medstat (Ann Arbor, MI) unit, has agreed to acquire Solucient LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control (Evanston, IL), a provider of information products for the healthcare industry, from VNU VNU Volontaires des Nations Unies (French) VNU Verenigde Nederlandse Uitgeversbedrijven (Dutch) VNU Virtual Network User Marketing Information (New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of ), Versonis Suhler Stevenson (New York) and VHA VHA Veterans Health Administration VHA Variable Housing Allowance VHA Villages Homeowners Association VHA Voluntary Hospitals Association VHA Virtual Home Agent VHA Very High Altitude VHA Vapor Hazard Area VHA Vermont Holstein-Friesian Association , Inc. (Irving, TX), a healthcare provider alliance of more than 2400 not-for-profit healthcare organizations. No terms of the deal were given. Solucient offers business solutions for organizations in both the provider and pharmaceutical healthcare segments. The company maintains a healthcare database of more than 26 million discharges per year from 2900 hospitals, or about 77.5% of all discharges, and provides information resources to more than 2000 hospitals, as well as 8 of the ten largest pharmaceutical manufacturers in the U.S. Solucient was formed by the merger of healthcare information providers HCIA-Sachs and HBS HBS Harvard Business School HBs Hepatitis B Surface HBS Heinrich Boell Stiftung (German Political Foundation) HBS Household Budget Survey HBS Hogere Burgerschool HBS Hawaii Biological Survey (Bishop Museum) International. Thomson Medstat provides a range of business products and services for the healthcare industry, including research and consulting services, assistance for pharmaceutical companies before, during and after product launch, marketing, data analysis, and disease management analytics, among others. |
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