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NEMA member 3M recently announced that it has completed the merger of its Health Information Systems division with SoftMed Systems Inc., a provider of health information management software and services that improve workflow and efficiency for health care organizations.

According to company officials, this merger expands 3M Health Information Systems’ business from its core of advanced reimbursement, compliance, and quality management software tools and services provided to more than 5,000 health care organizations worldwide. As health care providers face increasing pressure to control costs while enhancing the quality of care, they require more efficient information management. SoftMed Systems, company officials say, brings to 3M solutions that enable hospitals to create an electronic medical record using templates, voice dictation, speech recognition, electronic signature, document scanning, and interfaces to other vendor products.