Morning Headlines 7/29/24
US indicts North Korean hacker accused of helping extort US hospitals
The US State Department indicts an alleged North Korean government-backed hacker who it says was behind ransomware attacks on hospitals in Florida and Kansas, healthcare firms in Arkansas and Connecticut, and a medical clinic in Colorado.
Google drops Amazon’s One Medical
Google, the largest customer of Amazon-acquired primary care provider One Medical, will terminate its agreement with the company.
OneMedNet Announces $4.6 Million Private Placement
Health data management and research insights company OneMedNet secures $4.6 million in new funding.
Alphabet’s Health Tech Co. Verily Moves Headquarters from California to North Texas
Verily will re-locate its headquarters from San Francisco to its existing office in Dallas-Forth Worth, where it plans to double its employee headcount.
This is a great point—many discussions about patient wait times still focus on staffing or technology, while the real issue…