Morning Headlines 6/19/18
Walmart Patents System for Accessing Medical Records Stored on a Blockchain
Walmart’s latest patent suggests it will develop a wearable that will give emergency responders access to an unresponsive patient’s medical record using blockchain technology.
Google is training machines to predict when a patient will die
Findings from Google’s Medical Brain team show that its AI has a higher accuracy rate at predicting deaths, discharges, and readmissions than traditional hospital warning systems.
MD Anderson Cancer Center (TX) must pay $4.3 million in penalties for HIPAA violations stemming from three data breaches and non-compliance in following up with device encryption.
With McGraw’s new position at Transcarent, it seems like Glen Tullman might be getting the Allscripts band back together.