AbleVets: Cerner buys Washington-area health IT company

Cerner Corporation (Nasdaq: CERN) will strengthen its ability to handle federal projects through the purchase of a health IT firm in a Washington, D.C., suburb. The deal, announced Friday, involves bringing AbleVets on as a wholly owned subsidiary of Cerner. The companies did not disclose terms of the deal, but said in a release that they expect the transaction to be completed this quarter. AbleVets is a health IT engineering and consulting company specializing in cyber, cloud and system development...