Morning Headlines 7/24/24
Congressman Matt Rosendale (R-MT), chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization, testifies on the rollout of the combined DoD/VA Oracle Health system at the Lovell Federal Health Care Center (IL) earlier this year, noting that pharmacy staff are only able to process about 40% of prescriptions due to poor software functionality.
Patient engagement software vendor Loyal raises $33.5 million in a Series B funding round and announces that founder, CEO, and chairman Chad Mallory will transition to a senior advisory role.
Abridge, Mayo Clinic, and Epic will develop an AI-powered ambient documentation solution for nurses.
Weird that Google can acknowledge its crowdsourced medical advice was wrong, but escape penalties for doing it wantonly at scale.