Morning Headlines 1/24/25
TRICARE Online Patient Portal Decommissioning: Download Your Health Records Now
The Department of Defense urges patients who want personal copies of their legacy medical records to download them immediately from the TRICARE Online Patient Portal, which will be shut down on April 1 since it has been replaced by MHS Genesis.
UCHealth experiences issue with electronic record system
UCHealth (CO) recovers from a brief EHR outage that also impacted its patient app.
NHS plans £180m framework for AI diagnostics and predictive analytics
The UK’s NHS will establish a $250 million fund to help trusts invest in diagnostic and predictive AI tools, with an initial focus on medical image analysis and pathology.
Trump’s VA pick voices support for continued EHR deployment
VA secretary nominee Doug Collins tells the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee that he will review the VA’s Oracle Health implementation with a fresh perspective and is optimistic about its completion, noting that project rollouts could resume earlier than the recently announced target date of mid-2026.
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