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Accenture in line to take over Obamacare website: report

The White House is poised to sign a year-long contract with global consulting firm Accenture, worth roughly $90 million, to maintain the government's trouble-plagued health insurance website, a report said Friday.

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Majority of US consumers want full access to EMR

(HealthDay)—Most U.S. consumers want to have full access to their electronic medical records (EMR), and 41 percent would be willing to switch doctors to gain access, according to a survey published by Accenture.

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Accenture forecasts fast retail clinic growth

Consulting firm Accenture says it expects the number of retail health clinics in the U.S. to double by the end of 2015, as they help meet a surge in demand for care from millions of people who will gain insurance coverage ...

Accenture

Accenture plc (NYSE: ACN) is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company headquartered in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. It is the largest consulting firm in the world and is a Fortune Global 500 company. As of September 2011, the company had more than 236,000 employees across 120 countries. Accenture's current clients include 96 of the Fortune Global 100 and more than three-quarters of the Fortune Global 500. Previously incorporated in the USA, then in Bermuda, since September 1, 2009 the company has been incorporated in Ireland.

For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2011, the company generated net revenues of US$25.55 billion. The operating profit of the company was $3.47 billion in FY2011, an increase of 18.2% over FY2010. Its net profit was $2.58 billion in FY2011, an increase of 12% over FY2010.

Accenture is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the S&P 500.

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