Morning Headlines 2/28/24

Veradigm to Acquire ScienceIO

Veradigm will acquire healthcare AI company ScienceIO for $140 million.

Military health records system Genesis out of action ‘intermittently,’ agency says

Several Defense Health Agency hospitals in Japan and Alaska have reported intermittent MHS Genesis outages lasting for several hours on Tuesday.

Outages from cyberattack at UnitedHealth’s Change Healthcare extend to seventh day as pharmacies deploy workarounds

Change Healthcare parent company UnitedHealth Group says 90% of the nation’s pharmacies have set up electronic workarounds to handle prescription processing while they wait for Change’s systems to come back online.

Ransomware gang seeks $3.4 million after attacking children’s hospital

The Rhysida ransomware group attempts to sell data stolen from Lurie Children’s Hospital (IL) on the dark web for a total of $3.4 million.