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# Morning Headlines 4/18/18

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UNC Health Care Achieves Highest Rank Possible in Three Health IT Categories

UNC Health Care (NC) announces that it has achieved HIMSS Stage 7 for inpatient, ambulatory, and analytics, of which neighboring Duke Health was the first trifecta winner.

Livongo Health Acquires Retrofit

Livongo Health acquires 80-employee, Chicago-based Retrofit, which provides online programs for weight management and disease prevention.

Greenway Health adds 104 jobs at Tampa headquarters, thanks to $520,000 in state and local incentives

Greenway Health has added 104 jobs at its Tampa headquarters as it closed offices in Lake Mary, FL, Birmingham, AL, and Atlanta.

VA loses its CIO, creating further uncertainty for EHR modernization

Interim VA CIO Scott Blackburn, who was heavily involved in its plan to implement Cerner, resigns for unspecified reasons.

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