Morning Headlines 7/1/15
Allscripts invests $200 million in billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong, MD’s startup NantHealth, taking 10 percent ownership of the company in return. At the same time, Soon-Shiong personally invests $100 million in Allscripts. The two have formed a partnerships to integrate and market their respective product offerings together.
CVS publishes findings from a study of customers with at least one chronic condition, finding that 37 percent reported contacting their physician by email within the last six-months.
Epic chosen as new electronic health record system for UC Irvine Health
UC Irvine Health (CA) announces that it will implement Epic as its next EHR.
Vietnamese 7th grader devises comprehensive, handy medical software
A seventh grader in Vietnam has coded a program designed to help doctors and medical students review the latest medical research for conditions they see regularly. The system includes 300 evidence-based treatment plans and is now being used at Hau Giang General Hospital’s Internal Medicine Faculty.
Giving a patient medications in the ER, having them pop positive on a test, and then withholding further medications because…