Information technology
Banner Health hack triggers civil lawsuits | Arizona RepublicBanner Health's admission this summer that a large-scale cyberattack may have compromised the records of 3.7 million people has been followed by a flurry of civil lawsuits from a doctor and patients who allege harm from the data breach.
Urology data breach affected 300,000 | Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch
Central Ohio Urology Group put a number to the size of its data breach August—300,000. The urology group's breach is the eighth-largest in the country this year among healthcare providers.
For second time, Arkansas medical board OKs telemedicine rule | ArkansasNews.com
The Arkansas State Medical Board voted Thursday to approve a proposed regulation concerning the online transferal of patients' medical records after two legislative panels previously declined to review the rule. The Medical Board voted in June to approve the proposed regulation and one other, both governing the use of audio and video technology to care for patients. But in July the House and Senate committees on public health declined to review the proposals after Bradley Phillips, a lobbyist for Dallas-based telemedicine company Teladoc, spoke against them.
Medical devices and equipment
Former Bergen medical device CEO to be retried for fleecing investors | The TrentonianConvicted tax evader Thomas Fagan is being retried for allegedly bilking medical device investors out of $444,000.
Child prodigy's approach to diagnosing concussions nabs spot in pediatric medical device contest | MedCityNews.com
Last summer Rohan Suri, a 17-year-old from Virginia, watched his younger brother experience the consequences of a concussion. So the teenager (then still 16) decided he wanted to create something that would help diagnose concussions. The idea turned into a startup Averia whose centerpiece is a device that combines an iPhone, an app and a cardboard headset.
Pharmaceuticals
Whether it's Trump or Clinton, biotech is in for 'a moment of change' | Stathis November, the biotech industry faces an awkward decision: Donald Trump, whose policy stances have proven unpredictable; or Hillary Clinton, who can scythe drug company stock prices with a single tweet.
Pfizer to sell Hospira infusion therapy business to ICU Medical | Reuters
Pfizer will sell its global infusion therapy business, part of its $15 billion Hospira acquisition last year, to ICU Medical for $1 billion in cash and stock.
Support for California drug spending limits stokes industry fears | Reuters
A California ballot measure to limit prescription drug prices for state-run health plans is gaining popular backing, stoking industry concerns over attempts to control costs nationwide.
Physicians
Most U.S. dermatologists receive industry money | ReutersNearly three-quarters of U.S. dermatologists received payments worth a collective $34 million from drug companies in 2014, according to a new analysis of a public database.
