Morning Headlines 3/22/18
Trump’s pick to lead CDC both celebrated and censured
HHS Secretary Alex Azar announces that HIV/AIDS researcher and 20-year US Army Medical Corps veteran Robert Redfield, MD will become director of the CDC.
Apple EHR Initiative to Expand API Use?
Apple’s EHR initiative takes root as Cerner announces plans to expand its pilot of the Health Records app from four customer sites to nine, and Athenahealth lobbies for a consumer-friendly appointment calendar interface.
Wyoming Department of Health to improve clinical record sharing
The Wyoming Dept. of Health will partner with Medicity to launch a statewide HIE that it hopes to eventually connect to neighboring HIEs in Colorado and South Dakota.
"HHS OIG rates HHS’s information security program as “not effective” in its annual review, the same rating it gave HHS…