Morning Headlines 1/5/23

HealthStream Acquires Electronic Education Documentation System, LLC (d/b/a “eeds”)

Healthcare workforce management company HealthStream acquires continuing education management vendor Electronic Education Documentation System for $7 million.

CommonSpirit Health sued over data breach involving 600,000 patients

Multistate CommonSpirit Health faces a proposed class action lawsuit over its alleged negligence in protecting the private data of 600,000 patients during an October ransomware attack.

Salesforce to cut workforce by 10% after hiring ‘too many people’ during the pandemic

CRM software vendor Salesforce, which includes healthcare among its verticals, will lay off 7,000 employees and close offices in certain markets.