Morning Headlines 3/18/19
Change Healthcare on deck for IPO
Change Healthcare, valued at up to $12 billion, files IPO documents for a $100 million IPO.
Signify Health acquires start-up TAV Health in multimillion-dollar deal
Mobile health evaluation company Signify Health acquires TAV Health, which offers a platform to connect community and health partners to address social determinants of health.
Doctors Create an iPad Program to Help NICU Babies Get Home Faster
Doctors at University of Virginia Children’s Hospital develop an IPad-based system that allows NICU babies to go home earlier, replacing a pen-and-paper and call-in system for parents to report their baby’s feedings and weight.
A huge trove of medical records and prescriptions found exposed
EHR vendor Meditab leaves a server unsecured for nearly a year, giving anyone the ability to read the content of medical faxes in real time.
I literally cannot imagine any circumstances where the replacement of VistA was not troublesome. VistA was custom designed for the…
VA is a much more complicated rollout since there are so many different interactions and configurations of VistA. In addition,…
Care from the "Home Care" industry, housecleaninig, companionship, etc, is trying to move into the Hospital at Home space, but…
I agree, in my haste I did grab some older studies. Here is a meta-analysis (albeit from Australia) which is…
Participants in a randomized trial have to be able and willing to be part of the trial regardless of what…