Morning Headlines 9/18/17
Second review launched into IHealth
In Canada, British Colombia’s Health Minister Adrian Dix, launches an independent review of Island Health’s $178 million Cerner Millennium implementation. Island Health has faced fierce resistance from its providers over complaints that Cerner is difficult to use and a risk to patient safety.
I’m the perfect person to price shop for an operation. But the process went terribly
A Massachusetts physician and price transparency researcher recounts the difficulties she had when trying to compare prices for a procedure her daughter was having.
Indiana, Reeling From Opioid Crisis, Arms Officials With Data
Indiana partners with SAP to create a database and dashboards displaying the state’s information on “drug arrests, drug seizures, death records, pharmacy robberies, overdose-related ambulance calls, and the use of naloxone, an overdose-reversal drug.”
Ask Mayo Clinic online offers symptom assessment through Epic’s MyChart
Epic will integrate Mayo Clinic’s online symptom checker into its MyChart app.
'Samantha Brown points out that, “Healthcare, like every other industry, gets caught up in the idolatry of the ‘innovators.’”' I…