e-MDs, an Austin, Texas-based developer of ambulatory electronic health records and practice management tools, will acquire several technology assets from McKesson Business Performance Services. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

The technologies include McKesson Practice Choice, Medisoft, Medisoft Clinical, Lytec, Lytec MD and Practice Partner. e-MDs officials say the tools will be used by some 55,000 of its provider customers nationwide.

The company hopes the acquisition will benefit small- to medium-sized practices and broaden e-MDs' presence in the ambulatory IT market.

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"The McKesson team supporting these products is passionate about the same thing we are- helping doctors maintain focus on the patient,” said e-MDs CEO Derek Pickell in a statement. "All of us at e-MDs look forward to aligning this team with ours to bring e-MDs’ full suite of solutions to thousands of new providers across the country."

"e-MDs is the perfect fit for these assets because it has award-winning technology ideally suited to this customer base,” said Scott Sanner, general manager of McKesson Business Performance Services, in a statement.

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