Morning Headlines 5/5/17
What’s in the AHCA: The Major Provisions of the Republican Health Bill
The House passes the American Health Care Act in a 217-213 vote. The ACA replacement bill will now head to the Senate for debate.
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (MDRX)
Allscripts reports Q1 results: revenue climbed 20 percent to $413 million, adjusted EPS $0.13 vs. $0.13.
Doctor On Demand Announces Lab Testing Services to Provide Patients Better Everyday Care
Direct-to-consumer telehealth vendor Doctor On Demand partners with both LabCorp and Quest Diagnostic. The partnership will give Doctor On Demand providers a way of ordering diagnostic tests that consumers can have run locally.
The world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data
The Economist argues that data has surpassed oil as the world’s most valuable resource, and calls for antitrust actions against the technology giants that control the vast majority of data flow.
Personally, I think that any healthcare organization that has experienced a cyberattack should have the causalities publicized after a thorough…