Morning Headlines 7/21/21

WebMD Acquires The Wellness Network, Expanding Point-of-Care Services to Health Systems and Hospitals

WebMD acquires The Wellness Network, which offers advertising-supported patient education videos and broadcast channels for hospitals.

Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative Fulfills Mission; Completes Final Dissolution

The Massachusetts EHealth Collaborative dissolves and distributes its assets to six public charities, saying that it has completed its work and fulfilled its mission related to interoperability, standards development, and health IT policy.

Validation of an electronic trigger to measure missed diagnosis of stroke in emergency departments

An EHR trigger analysis of the VA’s corporate data warehouse finds that nearly one-third of patients who were admitted for stroke had been discharged from the ED with seemingly benign headache or dizziness in the previous 30 days.