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.
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