Morning Headlines 12/28/20
EverCommerce Acquires Updox, Industry Leader in Virtual Care and Communications Solutions
Service sector business software vendor EverCommerce acquires Updox, which offers healthcare solutions for faxing, electronic forms, video chat, and secure messaging.
Sumner Regional Medical Center experiencing outage issues as result of Nashville explosion
The Gallatin, TN hospital goes back to paper records when network outages caused by the Nashville RV explosion disrupt its EHR access.
Frieden honored for his lifelong work helping people with disabilities
Lex Frieden, MA, professor of health informatics at UTHealth School of Biomedical Informatics, was named the 2020 Katie Beckett Award recipient for his lifelong work advancing the rights of people with disabilities.
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