Etransmedia: Health care company receives $9.7 million after winning lawsuit

Etransmedia Technology Inc., a North Greenbush, New York health care IT company, is receiving $9.7 million after winning a lawsuit tied to the ongoing transition to digital medical records reshaping the entire industry. The company contended that Allscripts Healthcare LLC, a North Carolina-based IT company, violated that state's Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act. After a six-day trial, an arbitration panel in North Carolina ruled Allscripts would have to pay the $9.7 million to Etransmedia,…