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Fitbit shares rise 27% on the news that Alphabet has made an offer to acquire the company.

Facebook launches a Preventive Health tool that will remind users to get vaccines, checkups, and tests based on their demographic profiles.

The DoJ’s Federal Bureau of Prisons issues an RFP for an EHR that can handle the physical, mental, and dental care of nearly 200,000 inmates.

Jayne HIStalk MD on Monday Morning Update 12/22/25December 28, 2025
Traditionally Professional Courtesy is something that physicians gave each other - but we had to be careful with it when…
Robert Lafsky on Monday Morning Update 12/29/25December 28, 2025
RE NEJM piece: He shouldn’t future-conditional with “they can retreat, which might mean abdicating medicine’s broad public role, perhaps in…
Reading Skills Required on News 12/19/25December 26, 2025
The sentence was "most people just go to Epic UGM" - that's people going to Epic's annual user conference and…
Brian Too on Morning Headlines 12/24/25December 25, 2025
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to the HIStalk crowd. I wish you the joys of the season!
ed on News 12/19/25December 24, 2025
"most people just go to Epic" that's a problem because then EPIC becomes a monopoly in healthcare, if it isn't…