Morning Headlines 9/19/16
Operations Returning to Normal at ARH Facilities as Computer Systems Go Back Online
Appalachian Regional Healthcare (KY and WV) reports that its networks are back up after a cyberattack left the health system running on downtime procedures for the last three weeks.
Community Health Said to Explore Options Including Sale
Community Health System’s shares climbed 16 percent on rumors that the 158-hospital health system is looking for a buyer.
Cambridge trust sets outsourced commodity IT services market-test
In England, Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust looks to outsource its IT infrastructure, service desk, and security services in a seven-year, $182 million request for proposal.
HHS takes steps to provide more information about clinical trials to the public
Drug and medical device companies will be required to publish all NIH-funded clinical trial results to ClinicalTrials.gov beginning in January 2017.
We should be concerned that the forthcoming MINIMUM cybersecurity standards will lead to many organizations being even less prepared than…