Morning Headlines 4/4/16
Ransomware and Recent Variants
The US Department of Homeland Security issues a ransomware alert focused on the recent increase in healthcare-focused attacks. Alvarado Hospital Medical Center (CA) and Knings Daughters Health (IN) are both hit with new ransomware attacks.
Fitch Affirms Baptist Health Care’s Rev Bonds at ‘A-‘; Outlook Stable
Fitch affirms the A- bond rating of Baptist Health Care Corporation (FL) but notes that EHR-related training costs will impact profits.
e-MDs Finalizes Acquisition of Software Technology Assets from McKesson
e-MDs completes its acquisition of McKesson ambulatory products Practice Choice, Medisoft, Medisoft Clinical, Lytec, Lytec MD, and Practice Partner.
Trades executed – or killed – by final medical opinion
A Cincinnati paper discusses the medical review process involved in baseball contracts, highlighting the MLB-wide EHR that went live in 2010 and houses medical information on every player from every team in one centralized, online database.
If they haven't coordinated with the patient safety team, they have by definition "dropped the ball". And, given the reported…