Morning Headlines 4/14/16
Intermountain, U. Utah to open cybersecurity center with 3 others
Intermountain Healthcare will partner with the University of Utah and several other organizations to create a joint security center focused on thwarting cybersecurity attacks.
Regulators Propose Banning Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes for at Least Two Years
Federal regulators have proposed banning Elizabeth Holmes from the blood-testing business for two years after her company failed to correct serious problems discovered at its California lab.
Restoring cortical control of functional movement in a human with quadriplegia
A study published in Nature describes a neuroprosthetic breakthrough called electronic “neural bypass” that has restored a quadriplegic man’s ability to move his hand.
State Junks $179 Million Medi-Cal IT System, Will Start From Scratch
California announces a $179 million settlement with Xerox stemming from a failed computer modernization of its Med-Cal claims processing system.
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