FHN Hospital has selected ProVation Order Sets, powered by UpToDate Decision Support, from Wolters Kluwer Health to automate the creation, deployment and maintenance of order sets.

Douglas Gardens Community Mental Health of Miami, Florida, has selected Netsmart enterprise software as its integrated electronic health record (EHR) and billing system, replacing a legacy software system from another behavioral health software provider.

Gentiva Health Services, a provider of home health and hospice services, has acquired Heart to Heart Hospice. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition is not expected to have a material impact on Gentiva's financial position or results of operations in 2010.

RTKL, a subsidiary of engineering and management services company Arcadis, has been selected to design the Shanghai Changzheng New Pudong Hospital. It is claimed that this will be the largest new hospital built in one phase in China.

WellCare Health Plans has named Blair Todt as its new senior vice president and chief compliance officer. Mr Todt will join the company in April 2010 and report to the CEO and the regulatory compliance committee of the board of directors.

GE Healthcare has signed a distribution agreement for its flagship home health technology, GE QuietCare, with Direct Supply, a provider of e-commerce and service solutions to senior living facilities.

BJC HealthCare has selected MedAssets charge integrity solutions to automate and standardize its charge description master and pricing for increased efficiency, billing compliance and improved net revenue capture.

Uk-based healthcare firm Assura has sold a majority interest in its medical services business to Virgin Healthcare Holdings, a member of the Virgin group of companies. Assura will retain a significant minority shareholding in this new partnership and will appoint one director to the board of Virgin Healthcare.

Healthcare Trust of America (HTA), a real estate investment trust, has executed an agreement to acquire a medical office building located in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, for approximately $10m.

Baxter International, a diversified healthcare company, and ApaTech, an orthobiologic products company, have signed a definitive agreement whereby Baxter will acquire all of the outstanding equity of ApaTech for total consideration of up to $330m.