Morning Headlines 4/5/17
VA’s most important 2017 decision
Speaking at a conference Monday, VA CIO Rob Thomas confirms the agency is on track to make a decision by July 1 on whether to replace Vista with a commercial EHR vendor.
Q1 2017: Business as usual for digital health
Rock Health publishes its Q1 report on VC investments in the digital health startup space, noting that 2017 investment activity is keeping pace with 2015 and 2016 levels despite the uncertainty around ACA repeal.
A Health Affairs study that analyzed the EHR activity logs of physicians found that they appear to split their day between computer work and patient care.
Why the Orion Health Group Ltd share price was slammed today
New Zealand-based Orion Health Group fall seven percent after announcing stalled growth and a full-year net loss between $22 million and $26 million.
Weird that Google can acknowledge its crowdsourced medical advice was wrong, but escape penalties for doing it wantonly at scale.