Morning Headlines 2/18/19
Porter Health Care System patients could get up to $5K from cyberattack settlement
Community Health Systems (TN) agrees to pay $3.1 million to settle a class-action lawsuit stemming from a 2014 data breach that impacted 4.5 million patients across the country.
FTMC welcomes new chief info officer
Fisher-Titus Health System (OH) hires Linda Stevenson (Cerner) as CIO.
Fairfield Medical Center posts $22.6M operating loss from medical records overhaul
Fairfield Medical Center in Ohio attributes its nearly $23 million operating loss last year to its Cerner implementation.
Nanaimo hospital says it’s making electronic gains; doctor disagrees
Physicians in several departments at Nanaimo General Regional Hospital in Canada are still using pen and paper to document patient encounters and order medications and labs despite the launch of a new Cerner EHR at Island Health facilities three years ago.
I had an old physician colleague whose favorite hobby was bitching about EHRs, and one day told a story about…