Morning Headlines 10/21/19
Cerner acquires healthcare security-focused government IT contractor AbleVets for undisclosed terms.
Mission Health data breach: e-commerce site contained ‘malicious code’ for 3 years
HCA-owned Mission Health (NC) notifies an unspecified number of consumers that its online store contained malicious code that was sending their payment information to an unauthorized person from March 2016 through June 2019.
Norton Healthcare, UofL Physicians & School of Medicine partner together for the kids
Norton Healthcare, UofL Physicians – Pediatrics and the University of Louisville School of Medicine will integrate their EHRs as part of a new partnership that will take effect in February.
Tower Health cutting 32 Pottstown Hospital jobs
Tower Health (PA) will eliminate jobs at two of its hospitals in a move that representatives say supports its recent Epic installation and the enhanced technology now available on its nursing units.
EverCommerce To Integrate AllMeds and iSalus Healthcare
EverCommerce will integrate subsidiaries ISalus Healthcare and AllMeds, both of which provide healthcare technology to physician practices, and open a new facility in Tennessee later this year.
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