Morning Headlines 4/11/18
Theranos Lays Off Most of Its Remaining Workforce
Theranos lays off most of its remaining employees following SEC fraud charges and ahead of a likely bankruptcy filing, leaving around 20 employees.
Mayo Clinic offers 400 transcriptionists buyout packages
Mayo Clinic offers voluntary separation packages to 400 transcriptionists as technology replaces them even before it goes live on Epic.
Veterans Affairs on course to top agency health IT spending
Analysts attribute projected growth in federal health IT spending to VA and DoD investments in new EHR software and related network and infrastructure upgrades.
Allscripts repositions its care and referral management system under CarePort, the outcomes technology vendor it acquired in October 2016.
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