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Some CVS pharmacies are blocking prescription refills, exec blames ‘internal network’ issues

CVS reports nationwide network outages that prevented customers from being able to refill their medications.

Stjeptan Tot vs. eClinicalWorks

The estate of a deceased cancer patient files a class action lawsuit against eClinical Works arguing that the company’s $155 million settlement with OCR over falsified Meaningful Use certification statements stemmed from missing functionality that compromised patient safety. The suit is seeking nearly $1 billion in damages.

CHIME National Patient ID Challenge

CHIME suspends its National Patient ID Challenge after two years of effort that yielded no meaningful results. A press release announcing the decision explains, “Though we’ve made great progress and moved the industry forward in many ways through the Challenge, we ultimately did not achieve the results we sought to this complex problem.”



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