Morning Headlines 12/21/18
DrChrono Raises $10M from SQN Venture Partners
Tablet-based EHR vendor DrChrono raises $10 million in funding.
Cerner could snag another big VA contract
The VA is considering terminating its $624 million Epic-Leidos patient scheduling system pilot project and buying a similar system from Cerner.
CMS issues an RFI asking for feedback on whether or not the consulting practices of hospital accreditation agencies like The Joint Commission pose a conflict of interest.
This Health Startup Won Big Government Deals—But Inside, Doctors Flagged Problems
An exposé on Babylon Health finds that, despite raising $85 million and convincing the NHS to use its chatbot-powered diagnosis app, its software wasn’t tested anywhere else and didn’t work.
Fun framing using Seinfeld. Though in a piece about disrupting healthcare, it’s a little striking that patients, clinicians, and measurable…