Health IT M&A Highly 'Active' Through First Half Of 2013

For the first half of 2013, health information technology saw more action in mergers and acquisitions than segments like healthcare business services, consumer health and pharma IT, according to a new report from New York-based investment bank Berkery Noyes.

Remaining the "most active" segment of the Healthcare/Pharma Information and Technology industry, health IT accounted for 63 transactions, 40 percent of the industry's aggregate volume in the first half of 2013.