Morning Headlines 3/26/18

Israel to launch Big Data health project

Israel will spend $287 million to make the health data of its 9 million citizens available to researchers and private companies for work on preventive medicine and personalized medicine projects.

Health IT groups happy with the omnibus

The federal government’s spending bill leaves ONC’s annual budget unchanged at $60 million – at least through September – instead of being reduced to $38 million as requested by the White House.

As Ascension restructures, it hints at smaller hospital footprint

Ascension Health (MO) President and CEO Anthony Tersigni tells 165,000 employees that the 151-hospital health system will embark on a “dual transformation” that will shift its focus from hospital services to more outpatient care and telemedicine.

CMS Deputy CIO to Replace HHS CISO Departing Amid Controversy

HHS CISO Chris Wlaschin announces his resignation, putting the Healthcare Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center on even more tenuous ground given the departure of its director and removal of its deputy CISO.