Morning Headlines 4/1/19

West Michigan doctor’s office hacked, doctors held for ransom

A two-doctor ENT practice in Michigan closes for good and its partners retire after they refuse to pay a hacker $6,500 to restore their ransomware-encrypted systems.

Queensland Health rejects call to pause electronic medical record rollout

Queensland Health officials reject the Australian Medical Association of Queensland’s calls to halt the rollout of the Cerner-powered IEMR, saying all of AMAQ’s issues with the software have been resolved or are in the process of being addressed.

UM Health Spinoff Fifth Eye Nabs $11 Million VC Round

Post-operative patient monitoring startup Fifth Eye raises $11 million in a Series A round.

Mount Sinai and Hasso Plattner Institute Launch New Institute for Digital Health

Mount Sinai Health System (NY) and the Hasso Plattner Institute will spend $15 million to develop an institute that will develop digital health products with real-time predictive and preventive capabilities.

University Healthcare System to invest $170 million in new medical record technology

University Health System (TX) will spend $170 million to implement Epic over a three-year period.