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.