Morning Headlines 4/18/16
Epic Systems wins $940 mln U.S. jury verdict in Tata trade secret case
Epic wins its trade secret lawsuit against Indian IT firm Tata Consultancies. A judge awarded Epic $240 million in compensatory damages and $700 million in punitive damages after concluding that Tata employees illegally accessed Epic’s customer website and accessed proprietary information.
VA teases plans for new ‘state-of-the-art’ digital health platform
VA CIO LaVerne Council says she will unveil plans for a “new digital health platform” to replace VistA.
Nova Scotia spends $39M on electronic medical records push
After spending $39 million in incentive payments to encourage EHR adoption, Nova Scotia continues to rely on faxes to communicate between facilities.
Kansas City TIF Commission approves financing agreement for huge Cerner redevelopment
Kansas City approves a reimbursement plan to repay Cerner $1.75 billion of the $4.45 billion it is spending to build its new campus.
Think about how bad Amwell leadership must be. They were handed such an opportunity and they fumbled so hard.