Information technology
How Jared Kushner helped the VA pick Cerner... quickly | Healthcare IT News
In a leaked Q&A, Kushner said the agency and the Department of Defense should have the same system.
eazyScripts gets $2M to help telemedicine providers e-prescribe | Mobihealthnews
Eazuscripts, which makes eprescribing telemedicine software, raised $2 million in a series A funding round led by Bluff Ppoint Associates. The managing director of the private equity firm will join the Chicago-based company's board of directors.
Trump touts new VA telehealth service | Medscape
"This will significantly expand access to care to our veterans," Trump said of the VA's soon-to-be-expanded VA Video Connect telehealth service, which is already used at 67 hospitals and clinics.
GAO makes appointments to Health Information Technology Advisory Committee | GAO
The GAO has appointed its members to the Health Information Technology Advisory Committee, established by the 21st Century Cures act to give the ONC recommendations on standards, policies, and other IT topics.
Safety, quality and clinical practice
Accreditors can keep their hospital inspection reports secret, Feds decide | Propublica
In April, CMS proposed that accreditors make public errors found during hospital and medical facilities inspections. But now CMS is backing down from the proposal, saying that it would go against federal law.
In other news
Moderate drinking correlates with cognitive health, longevity | Medical News Today
Older adults who drink moderately may have longer-lasting cognitive health, according to a new study. Moderate drinking means one drink a day for a woman under 65 and two drinks a day for a man under 65.
