Morning Headlines 8/28/23
Quebec chooses American firm Epic to create new digital health system
In Canada, Quebec chooses Epic for its $2.2 billion USD digital health record project.
Truepill to slash share price by 90 percent
Truepill, a pharmacy fulfillment business that has expanded into diagnostic testing and telehealth, will seek additional funding at up to a 90% reduction in valuation as it struggles with executive departures and a federal investigation.
Ransomware gang claims it stole Social Security numbers, passport data in recent hospital attack
The Rhysida ransomware group claims it is behind the cyberattack on Prospect Medical Holdings earlier this month, having stolen legal and financial documents of 500,000 Prospect employees.
VA CIO Kurt DelBene is “cautiously optimistic” about its Oracle Cerner implementation, as the VA has learned from its first five go-lives and has tightened service level agreements in a recent contract renegotiation with Oracle.
Yes, but why is Epic "the best in the industry for many healthcare systems"? And sure, it's a complex software…