Morning Headlines 11/16/16
Report on the Safe Use Of Pick Lists In Ambulatory Care Settings
Citing a high frequency of pick list-related errors, ONC publishes a report on the safe use of medication and patient pick lists in ambulatory EHR with recommendations for vendors, CMIOs, and end users on how to minimize risks.
CareCloud Completes $31.5 Million Series C Funding Round to Further Modernize Healthcare
Ambulatory EHR vendor CareCloud raises an oversubscribed $31.5 million Series C, bringing its total funding to $103 million.
The American Heart Association announces that it will begin storing data sets from drug companies, research institutes, and universities in the cloud for researchers to analyze in hopes of advancing cardiovascular disease research.
White House Official Warned VA About New Vets.gov Enrollment App; Records Crisis Continues
The VA goes live with a new online healthcare application without getting approval from the agencies lawyers because of legal and technical issues that ultimately led to 65 percent of applications being lost.
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