Morning Headlines 4/30/18
DOD’s e-health record implementation to kick back off in 2019
DoD officials reassure legislators that the MHS Genesis roll out will pick back up with West Coast facilities in 2019, and that full deployment by 2022 is still achievable.
Erlanger earnings take a hit from new record system
Erlanger Health System (TN) attributes its third quarter $4 million shortfall to a 10-year, $100 million Epic implementation that kicked off with inpatient services last fall.
Jeremy Hunt launches review into training NHS staff to use new tech
In the UK, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt brings in Eric Topol, MD to lead a review of how to best train NHS staff on using new technologies including AI, digital health, robotics, and genomics.
I'm generally in favor of fairness and withholding judgment. However, in the context of the Oracle EHR's $100b of waste,…