Morning Headlines 11/9/18
Google has hired Geisinger’s David Feinberg to lead its health strategy
Google will hire Geisinger President and CEO David Feinberg, MD, MBA to develop its healthcare strategy across its business units.
GetWellNetwork Acquires HealthLoop
Bedside patient engagement company GetWellNetwork acquires HealthLoop, a Silicon Valley-based developer of automated messaging for follow-up care.
Patel to succeed Johnson in Health IT leadership role
Chief Health Information Officer Neal Patel, MD, MPH will replace Chief Informatics Officer Kevin Johnson, MD, MS as head of health IT efforts at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (TN) as of January 1.
Tabula Rasa HealthCare Acquires Cognify an Integration HealthCare Technology Company
Medication safety technology vendor Tabula Rasa HealthCare acquires Cognify, which offers solutions to support the federal PACE program.
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