Quality Systems, the parent of NextGen Healthcare, acquired Opus Healthcare Solutions, a provider of an inpatient system for clinical documentation, order management, clinical data repository and a laboratory information system

MAXIMUS, a provider of government services, acquired DeltaWare, a provider of health administration management systems for the government healthcare market

PatientSafe Solutions, a provider of patient safety and workflow management solutions, raised $30M from TPG Biotechnology Partners

Phytel, a provider of a registry that uses evidence-based chronic and preventive care protocols to identify and notify patients due for service, raised $14.2M from Polaris Venture Partners, Caris, and LAH Investments

Federal officials said almost $1 billion of the more than $20 billion in available funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will be devoted to investments in health care information technology; more than $750 million will go to regional extension centers and health information exchanges to promote the meaningful use of health IT, and more than $225 million will be used to support health IT training

KLAS, in a recent study, validated 89 live health information exchanges, technologies designed to share patient data that is used by doctors; the study disclosed that Axolotl, Epic and Medicity possess the largest market shares in the health information exchange category

Mediware, a provider of medication and blood bank management software, reported its second quarter revenue grew by 8% to $10.8M, which was driven by significant new customer contracts and its acquisition of Healthcare Automation and Advantage Reimbursement; this was the sixth consecutive quarter of both revenue and earnings growth

Sequel Systems, a provider of ambulatory software, announced that it will guarantee its electronic health record application will meet meaningful use requirements; for any period during which the software is modified to meet certification criteria, the company will reimburse providers their monthly support fees; other vendors offering similar guarantees include Allscripts, athenahealth, ChartLogic, e-MDs, eClinicalWorks, GE Healthcare, Ingenix, Medsphere Systems, NextGen, Noteworthy Medical, Practice Fusion and SourceMedical