It took a while to plough through 4 hours of Acquired podcast. I have been a fan of their work…
Morning Headlines 1/10/19
Good things are happening’ as DoD continues to roll out MHS GENESIS
MHS EHR Functional Champion and Air Force Maj. Gen. Lee E. Payne, MD reassures federal health employees that the MHS Genesis project is on track, and that the next wave of implementations will benefit from improved training processes.
IBM isn’t retreating from using Watson in health care, CEO Rometty says
Despite a plethora of recent bad press about IBM Watson’s healthcare capabilities, IBM CEO Ginni Rometty says it is still a viable part of the company’s business, and that Watson for Oncology is doing well.
Tim Cook teases new Apple services: Our ‘most important contribution to mankind’ will be in health
Apple CEO Tim Cook reveals the company will soon roll out new healthcare services that have been years in the making, and that will ultimately revolutionize the way patients manage their health data.
DSS Acquires veEDIS Emergency Department Information System Software
Federal health IT vendor DSS adds newly acquired Emergency Department Information System software from VeEDIS Clinical Systems to its new Juno EHR.
Northwestern Medicine MyChart Users: Your Legal Options Just Shrank
Northwestern Medicine (IL) requires patients to agree not to pursue class-action lawsuits or jury trials over the mishandling of digital services like Epic’s MyChart.
Maj. Gen. Payne says “I want to give you a transparent review of where we are with MHS GENESIS” and then doesn’t.
Unless … maybe the author of the article left out parts like “it doesn’t work yet,” or “it failed its only assessment so far” or “it has zero interoperability with community providers.” It’s one thing to not see a trainwreck coming. Another to have it wreck at your feet and disavow it.