Morning Headlines 6/23/23
Tennessee attorney general says seeking clinic’s transgender patient records part of fraud probe
Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti’s office, which compelled Vanderbilt University Medical Center to turn over the medical records of transgender patients to support its fraud investigation, has also demanded that VUMC provide copies of its physician contracts, their resumes, and their W2 and 1099 tax forms.
Jesse Jones: New charges for some MyChart messages
University of Washington Medicine will begin charging patients for answering MyChart messages that require more than 10 minutes – including requests to complete medical forms or for referrals – at prices ranging from $7 for Medicaid patients to $98 for those without insurance.
VA official expects Oracle Cerner to deliver on $10B EHR contract despite layoffs
A VA EHR executive says that it continues to expect Oracle Cerner to deliver on newly strengthened contractual requirements even though the company’s recent significant layoffs reportedly include experienced members of its clinical teams.
ChatGPT passes the clinical informatics board exam, raising questions about how the unproctored, multiple-choice test will be used to evaluate proficiency.
Weird that Google can acknowledge its crowdsourced medical advice was wrong, but escape penalties for doing it wantonly at scale.