Morning Headlines 5/30/19
Allegheny Health Network’s computers go down, delaying some procedures
Allegheny Health Network’s Epic system goes down Wednesday morning due to an unspecified network issue that has affected all seven of its Western Pennsylvania hospitals.
Talkspace announces $50M Series D, expands services to over 5M lives
App-based therapy company Talkspace raises $50 million in a Series D round.
Tennessee, 15 Other States Reach $900,000 Data Breach Settlement
Indiana-based Medical Informatics Engineering will pay $900,000 to settle a multistate lawsuit brought against it last year by 16 state attorneys general over lax security practices that led to a 2015 breach that compromised the data of 4 million patients.
Golden Gate Capital to Buy Stake in Billing-Services Firm
Bon Secours Mercy Health will sell its Ensemble Health Partners RCM business to Golden Gate Capital for $1.2 billion.
Re: "People preferred the [patient] portal over the telephone for getting test results, updating personal information, getting medical records copies,…