Morning Headlines 5/10/17
Confidential medical records from Bronx-Lebanon Hospital exposed online by vendor’s error
Bronx-Lebanon Hospital exposes “tens of thousands or even millions” of patient records after a contractor misconfigures its rsync backup.
Teladoc Announces First Quarter 2017 Results
Teladoc reports Q1 results: revenue climbed 60 percent to $43 million, while net losses remained flat. EPS –$0.30 vs. –$0.40, beating analyst expectations on both. Share prices jumped 25 percent on the news.
Intelligent Medical Objects Awarded Patent for Industry-leading Medical Terminology Solution
IMO receives a patent for its “concept-based” terminology management solution.
Cambridge trust set for IT services market test decision this summer
In England, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust announces that it will make a decision on its IT outsourcing contract by the end of summer.
Weird that Google can acknowledge its crowdsourced medical advice was wrong, but escape penalties for doing it wantonly at scale.