Morning Headlines 8/23/17
CliniComp Sues Gov’t Over Cerner’s VA Contract
CliniComp files a bid protest against the VA for awarding a no-bid contract to Cerner that will replace its own installations within the VA.
$417 Million Awarded in Suit Tying Johnson’s Baby Powder to Cancer
Johnson & Johnson is ordered to pay $417 million in damages to a woman who successfully argued that baby powder caused her ovarian cancer.
Rush University Medical System (IL) sues Draeger after installing its $18 million patient monitoring system to find that it did not perform at the level promised.
Q&A with CEO Ken Comée on what’s next for CareCloud and healthcare IT
Ambulatory EHR vendor CareCloud’s CEO Ken Comée says in an interview with a local paper that going public is part of his plans for the company, explaining “My competitors are 20- and 30-year-old technologies, and I have the best damn platform in the space.”
With McGraw’s new position at Transcarent, it seems like Glen Tullman might be getting the Allscripts band back together.