3M Completes Merger with SoftMed

3M announced the completion of the merger between its Health Information Systems division and SoftMed Systems Inc., a provider of health information management software.

This merger expands 3M's health information business from its core of advanced reimbursement, compliance and quality management software tools and services provided to more than 5,000 health care organizations. SoftMed Systems 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.