Morning Headlines 6/15/17
American Health Care Tragedies Are Taking Over Crowdfunding
Bloomberg reports that half of the $2 billion raised on popular crowdfunding platforms like GoFundMe are being used to pay medical expenses.
Ron Peterson retiring as Johns Hopkins Health System president after 44 years
Johns Hopkins Health System President Ron Peterson announces that he will retire at the end of this year. Peterson arrived at the health system in 1973, starting as an administrative assistant.
5 people, including Michigan health chief, charged in Flint
Nick Lyon, the former director of Michigan’s Health and Human Services department, is charged with involuntary manslaughter along with five other officials as a result of the 2014 Flint water crisis.
Your Doctor’s Office Is Vulnerable to Hackers, but Congress Could Change That
MIT Technology Review weighs in on legislative changes that could improve cybersecurity for smaller health care facilities.
In fairness to the person on the thread the other day: Now THIS is politics on the blog. :)