Morning Headlines 3/28/16
Statement from Joseph Maldonado, MD, President, Medical Society of the State of New York
The president of the Medical Society of the State of New York asks for two exceptions to the new requirement that all prescriptions be written electronically. The first would exempt providers that write less than 25 prescriptions per year, and the second would reduce documentation requirements when technical problems temporarily force providers back to paper.
Dell Services Builds Momentum with Multiple $100M+ Deals
Dell Services signs $100 million deals with Dubai Health Authority and BCBS of Rhode Island.
Hackers Steal Data On 1.5 Million Verizon Enterprise Customers
Verizon loses 1.5 million customer records to hackers who are attempting to sell the information online for $100,000.
Weird that Google can acknowledge its crowdsourced medical advice was wrong, but escape penalties for doing it wantonly at scale.