Morning Headlines 8/22/22
VA data shows Oracle Cerner EHR hit with nearly 500 major incidents since initial rollout
VA data obtained by FedScoop under the Freedom of Information Act shows that the VA has had at least 45 days of Oracle Cerner downtime and 498 major incidents since its first rollout in September 2020.
Alpha II, LLC Accelerates Revenue Cycle Management Solutions with Acquisition of Health EFilings
RCM software vendor Alpha II acquires Health EFilings, which offers analytics and automated MIPS reporting.
Russian hackers plan to release data stolen from McKinney hospital onto dark web
Methodist McKinney Hospital (TX) refuses to pay hackers to retrieve 360 gigabytes of data stolen in a recent ransomware attack.
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