Morning Headlines 6/17/16
Hands-on: Apple brings HL7 CCD health records to HealthKit in iOS 10
iOS 10 includes an enhancement that will let iPhone users to download and store their health records from providers capable of transmitting a CCD.
Navicure receives a strategic investment from Bain Capital Private Equity. Financial terms were not disclosed.
AMA Throws Support Behind Development of a National Health IT Safety Center
AMA house delegates approve a proposal formally supporting the creation of a National Health IT Safety Center.
Doctors want patient control over e-health records revoked
The Australian Medical Association argues that patients should not be able to control what is entered into their personal health records. AMA president Michael Gannon, MD explains, “If patients are able to control access to core clinical information in their electronic medical record, doctors cannot rely on it.”
Sounds reasonable, until you look at the Silicon Valley experience. Silicon Valley grew like a weed precisely because employees could…