Morning Headlines 2/25/19
U.S. judge will not block Amazon-Berkshire-JPMorgan health venture’s new hire
A federal judge denies Optum’s efforts to prevent former executive David Smith from working for the Amazon-Berkshire Hathaway-JPMorgan Chase healthcare venture, despite the UnitedHealth subsidiary’s allegations that Smith could share trade secrets.
Warner Seeks to Advance Information Security in the Health Care Sector
Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), co-chair of the Senate Cybersecurity Caucus, calls on a dozen healthcare organizations to work with him to develop short- and long-term strategies that will reduce cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
Plan OK’d for patient access to 2 closed Arizona hospitals’ records
A judge approves a plan that will take $92,000 from the assets of two closed Arizona hospitals for a 90-day reactivation of their EHR so that patients can get their medical records.
Premier Health creates pilot program to transfer patient data from first responders to hospital
As part of a new six-month pilot program, Premier Health (OH) rolls out an interface that enables emergency responders to send patient data to its Epic EHR while en route to the hospital.
The insurers say it's the providers who are impeding electronic streamlining of prior auths?They must be smoking some really good…