Healthcare tech group Mediware Information Systems said it tapped former United-Health Group subsidiary OptumInsight chief exec Bill Miller as its new CEO, replacing Kelly Mann, who has served in the corner office since 2007. Mediware said that Miller will work with the Lenexa, Kansas-based company’s management to “build and accelerate the company’s platform” to expand […]
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Fewer mergers, but higher valuations, during 2011 | M&A Roundup

About 460 companies were bought for $46.4 billion last year, down 13% from 2010, but the deals were valued 30% higher, compared with the $35.6 billion spent in 2010, according to a Dow Jones VentureSource report.
The median price vaulted 77% to $71 million in 2011. Funding rounds were down 12%, to an average of $17 million raised before exit, reflecting lower start-up costs.
SonoSite adds two med-tech veterans to executive team | Personnel Moves

Ultrasound company SonoSite Inc. (NSDQ:SONO) added two new med-tech veterans to its executive team this week.
On Tuesday the Bothell, Wash.-based company announced the appointment of Brian Noyes to VP of marketing for North and South America.
Mediware nearly triples Q2 profits
Mediware Information Systems Inc. (NSDQ:MEDW) posted second-quarter sales of $10.8 million for the three months ended Dec. 31, 2009, up 8 percent compared with $10 million during the same period in fiscal 2009. Net income rose 158.4 percent to $783,000, compared with $303,000 during Q2 2009:
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Mediware Continues Trend with Sixth Quarter of Revenue and Earnings Growth
Company more than doubles year-over-year EPS, extends quarterly growth trend and adds two acquisitions during second quarter