Weekender 11/6/20

Weekly News Recap

• Vermont sends a National Guard cyber response team to to help University of Vermont Health Network check its computing devices for malware.
• Healthcare integration technology vendor Bridge Connector will reportedly shut down.
• Teladoc Health completes its acquisition of Livongo.
• SOC Telemed begins public trading following its merger with a special purpose acquisition company.
• The founder and former CEO of a patient-focused oncology technology company sues an investor who she says pushed her out and blocked an attractive acquisition offer.
• Hospitals shut down and beefed up their email systems in an effort to prevent ransomware attacks.

Watercooler Talk Tidbits

Readers funded the DonorsChoose teacher grant request of Ms. P, who asked for hands-on STEM activities for her gifted and talented grade 4-6 class in Connecticut. She reported in late April, “If you could have seen how my students faces lit up when they saw the Legos and K’Nex, excitement is an understatement. The students easily dove in to building their ideas with the new materials. We started with trying to build the tallest structure. The student jumped in to build a “skyscraper”. They found what worked to support the height of their builds and if their building could withstand a wind. Next, We moved in to their own choice creations. My fifth grade group start to build a Ferris Wheel from the K’Nex. They quickly learned the correct spacing and how to to make the structure stable enough to hold weight. They are working on making it spin from the center point. The fourth grade student were able to show their creative side in creating robots, cars, windmills and other creation from the Legos. They will be working writing stories that explain their new creations. In the future, my students will be using the Legos and K’nexs to do fraction math, test science concepts and build new inventions. My students love hands on activities. They truly enjoy being able to put their ideas in to real life practice.”

Upstate University Hospital (NY) quarantines 36 medical residents who attended an off-campus Halloween party in which a co-worker tested positive afterward. The hospital is threatening to discipline the residents for their “egregious lapse of judgment.” 

BuzzFeed News interviews several unemployed nurses and nursing students who have turned to sex work using the OnlyFans app, which allows to collect tips from people who pay to view their nude photos and videos and to chat with them.

In Case You Missed It

• News 11/6/20
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• News 11/4/20
• Curbside Consult with Dr. Jayne 11/2/20
• Monday Morning Update 11/2/20
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