Weird that Google can acknowledge its crowdsourced medical advice was wrong, but escape penalties for doing it wantonly at scale.
Morning Headlines 7/28/14
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Related Agencies Appropriation Bill 2015
The Senate Appropriations Committee cuts ONC’s requested $75 million budget for 2015 down to $61 million and adds a stipulation that ONC should decertify and publicly report any EHR vendors that “proactively block sharing of information.”
NPA seizes over R1bn contract claims
In South Africa, a $133 million Siemens implementation is put on hold over allegations that the local Siemens reseller engaged in bid-rigging to close the deal.
Self Regional announces security breach of patient info
Self Regional Hospital (SC) announces a data breach affecting at least 500 patients stemming from a Memorial Day office break in that led to the loss of an unencrypted laptop.
Board recaps fair at monthly meeting
In a local article, 71-bed Nevada Regional Medical Center CFO Greg Shaw blames its Cerner billing system for the hospital’s $5.6 million YTD net loss, claiming that the system incorrectly classified insurance payers and aging accounts.
with all due (?) respect to Nevada Regional Medical Center, the system did not do anything. As a board member I would be asking for the testing program, simulation and other. I find it amazing how organizations blame the technology. Now it could have been the people on both sides, but technology is a tool it does what you tell it to do. Test 3 times, make changes once.