Morning Headlines 8/3/22

Lyniate Merges with CareCom, Further Extending Capabilities of Interoperability Leader

Lyniate acquires Denmark-based clinical terminology management vendor CareCom.

Hawley Calls for FTC Review of Amazon’s One Medical Acquisition

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) asks the FTC to review Amazon’s planned acquisition of One Medical, which he says gives Amazon too much power to push non-prescription blood pressure medications at Whole Foods that are based on One Medical patient data.

VA names functional champion for electronic health record modernization program

The VA tasks David Massaro, MD – formerly an executive within the VHA’s Office of Health Informatics – with coordinating the development and implementation of the agency’s EHR modernization program across its offices.