Morning Headlines 3/8/19
Digital-Health Startup Livongo Eyes 2019 IPO
Chronic disease management-focused digital health company Livongo hires underwriters to prepare a Q3 IPO that’s expected to bring in $1 billion.
Carestream Health To Sell its Healthcare IT Business To Philips
Philips acquires Carestream Health’s imaging IT business for an unspecified amount.
Audit: Bad billing system costs Glens Falls Hospital $38 million in revenue
Auditors blame a 2017 implementation of Cerner’s billing system for the $38 million revenue loss of Glen Falls Hospital in New York.
Northwestern Memorial Hospital fires dozens of employees for looking at the EHR records of actor Jussie Smollett, who was treated in its ED following his claim of being attacked in a racially motivated incident.
FDA guidance regarding SaMD is confusing and a distinction without a difference. Either just bite the bullet and classify all…