- The Ottawa Hospital of Canada announced it awarded a contract to Telus Inc. for software system to run 3,000 Apple iPads on a wireless network, with access to its database.- According to Steven Waldren, director of AAFP’s Center for Health IT, the fed government payments for EHR installs is taxable.
- Cerner wins customer award. Ovum, a division of DataMonitor, announced that based on a survey of the ambulatory healthcare market (not hospitals, which are acute care), that Cerner’s EHR software is number one. More details:
o “Cerner is the most versatile and multi-faceted”
o eClinicalWorks in second place
o GE Healthcare in third place
- Cerner announced it will build a new 600,000 square foot office at Village West in Kansas City, Kansas that will employ 4,000 personnel. Total investment of $16.5 million.
- The Hospital Corporation of American (HCA), headquartered in Nashville, TN, with locations across the U.S. , is apparently testing Cerner’s EHR. This is significant as its current system is from Meditech.
- Siemens, maker of EHR system and other technologies, announced it will layoff 17,000 people worldwide due to slow sales.
- Epic, maker of EHR systems, won more hospital contracts:
o Yuma Regional Medical Center of Arizona, which has 333 beds, and contract is worth $73 million.
o Moses Cone Healthcare, which has facilities in North Carolina and employs 7,400 people. Total contract value up to $120 million.
o Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York
- Katina Candrick was sentenced to 10 years in prison, and a $163,000 fine for stealing information on 1,200 patients while working for MedAssets.
- Athennhealth, maker of EHR systems, announced that its revenue has grown 33% this past quarter to $63.1 million
- Allscripts, maker of EHR systems, announced it won contract from the Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center of New York.
- HIPAA data security breach. Keystone Mercy Health Plan and AmeriHealth Mercy Health Plan, insurance providers in Pennsylvania, reported the loss of an unencrypted portal flash drive that contained patient data for 280,000 members.
- GE Healthcare announced EHR installs at:
o Capital Region Healthcare in Concord, NH
o Decatur Memorial Hospital in Decatur, IL
- McKesson, maker of EHR systems, announced it won a contract from Greater Florida Anesthesiologists.
- McKesson agreed to pay the state of Connecticut a $15 million fine to settle charges of illegally inflating drug costs.
- Cause of data theft named after Greek god. The Zeus malware program is being blamed for many thefts of customer information. The computer virus first appeared in Europe in the mid-90s. and the makers continue to modify it to circumvent whatever security measure are put in place. It is a keylogger software, meaning it affects a PC, and then tracks keystrokes, making it ideal for tracking bank account information.
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