Morning Headlines 6/5/14
GOP questions health software regulator’s authority
Fred Upton (MI), Marsha Blackburn (TN), Joe Pitts (PA) and Greg Walden (OR) send a letter to Karen DeSalvo, MD, questioning the ONC’s authority to levy certification fees on EHR vendors, as its 2014 budgetary documents suggest it will.
Grand Jury: Ventura County, Calif., Mishandled Electronic Health Records Transition
A California Grand Jury report finds hospital leadership at fault in Ventura County Health Care Agency’s troubled Cerner rollout, claiming the organization failed to hire a project manager or create an implementation project plan.
Proteus Digital Health raises $120M, names HP veteran as CFO
Proteus Digital Health, a startup building ingestible sensors that track medication adherence, raises a $120 million investment and names former HP CFO Steve Fieler as its CFO.
Economic Outlook, Spring 2014: Healthcare trends from the C-suite
A new Premier survey finds that only 59 percent of health executives are satisfied with their organization’s EHR system.
"…but only if you are not called upon" (many minutes later, after awakening) Oh, sorry, I was on double-mute