McKesson Corp. announced that it has signed definitive agreements to purchase Vantage Oncology LLC, a leading national provider of radiation oncology, medical oncology and integrated cancer care, and Biologics Inc., an oncology pharmacy services company.

Stratasys Ltd., the 3-D printing and additive manufacturing solutions company, will be featured at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2016 conference and exhibition. This is the first time 3-D printing will be a part of the annual conference, which will take place Feb. 29 – Mar. 4 in Las Vegas.

March 1, 2016 — Wisconsin-based Shine Medical Technologies Inc., producer of medical tracers and cancer treatment elements, announced that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has authorized issuance of the Shine construction permit. With the construction permit in hand, Shine has federal regulatory approval to begin construction of its approximately 57,000-square-foot medical isotope manufacturing facility in Janesville, Wis.

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell announced yesterday that 17 of the nation’s largest electronic health record (EHR) vendors have agreed to work together on new interoperability standards between their systems. The stated goal of the initiative is to provide patients easier access to their own protected health information while allowing it to be shared more easily between providers.