Morning Headlines 1/2/19
Epic Systems adds dentists, life insurers to its software network
Epic’s VP of population health says the company is “moving beyond the walls” in creating a single repository for all of a patient’s electronic health records – dental, on-site clinics, drugstores, specialty clinics, and potentially home health and hospice providers.
When Doctors Serve on Company Boards
Cancer centers are responding to the perceived conflicts of interest that arise when their researchers and doctors serve on the boards of drug, lab, and medical device companies.
In Screening for Suicide Risk, Facebook Takes On Tricky Public Health Role
Facebook has deployed suicidal thoughts detection algorithms without tracking their outcomes even as the company faces global scrutiny for its privacy practices.
Malware attack disrupts delivery of L.A. Times and Tribune papers across the U.S.
Several newspapers are left unable to print editions after Tribune Publishing is taken down by an attack of Ryuk ransomware, a potent strain spread via malicious emails that was the subject of an HHS Cybersecurity Program warning in August 2018.
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