On October 11, private equity firm Vista Equity Partners (San Francisco, CA) closed on its $381.5 million acquisition of the ancillary hospital information systems business of Misys Healthcare Systems. Upon completing the deal, Vista announced the formation of Sunquest Information Systems, which was the name of the business before Misys purchased it in July of 2001.

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November 2007 - Table of Contents

LIR November 2007 (full PDF issue)

San Diego Is First Site for Lab Competitive Bidding Demo Project

Vista Equity Partners Closes on Purchase of Misys Diagnostic Systems

Blogs Keep Busy Labs Updated

CAP, ACLA Call for Public Disclosure of "Medically Unlikely Edits"

Orchid Cellmark to Buy New Orleans DNA Testing Lab for $8.6M

Surviving the Price War: Lab Experts Weigh In

G-2 Award Winners Honored at Lab Institute

Lab Stocks Up 19% Year to Date

G-2 Welcomes New Editor Julie McDowell

The Impact of Falling Reimbursement