Morning Headlines 3/31/16
MedStar Health Update Regarding Computer Downtime
MedStar restores access to its major clinical systems 48 hours after a malware attack crippled the systems network.
It’s game over for the robot intended to replace anesthesiologists
Johnson & Johnson announces that it is pulling the plug on its anesthesiology robot Sedasys because of poor sales.
Analysis of clinical decision support system malfunctions: a case series and survey
A study published in JAMIA analyzing clinical decision support malfunctions at Brigham and Women’s Hospital concludes that malfunctions occur frequently and often go undetected. 93 percent of surveyed CMIO’s reported having experienced a CDS malfunction.
Details of Anthem’s massive cyberattack remain in the dark a year later
A year after a cyberattack that left the medical information of 78 million people exposed, the FBI is still investigating the attack and little new information has come to the surface.
Think about how bad Amwell leadership must be. They were handed such an opportunity and they fumbled so hard.