Morning Headlines 6/29/17
Cyberattack Causes Surgeons to Cancel Some Operations
The Wall Street Journal covers the global Petya ransomware attack that forced a Pennsylvania-based, two-hospital health system (PA) back to paper.
Merck hit by new global ransomware attack
Pharmaceutical giant Merck’s network is taken offline, a victim of the global Petya ransomware attack.
Survey Finds Doctors Don’t Feel Prepared for Quality Reporting Rules
A survey of 1,000 practice-based physicians involved in MACRA planning finds that fewer than one-in-four feel well prepared to meet its requirements in 2017.
Fast, Precise Cancer Care Is Coming To a Hospital Near You
Wired profiles a recently FDA approved tumor sequencing test from Thermo Fisher Scientific that will tell doctors which treatments will work best to tackle lung cancers.
It’s so funny watching Lotus Health get 40 million in the same week Carbon Health declares bankruptcy. There’s a sucker…