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Information​ technology

ONC working on information blocking rule mandated by Cures Act | Health Data Management

The ONC is drafting a rule to define information-blocking, ONC head Dr. Donald Rucker said at this week's AMIA symposium. "It has to be addressed at the provider level as well as the vendor level," he said.

Alphabet and Goldman Sachs are suing adtech startup Outcome Health for alleged fraud | Techcrunch

The investors are looking to freeze $225 million of their investments after Outcome Health allegedly lied to investors.

NewYork-Presbyterian specialists use telemedicine to treat stranded Puerto Ricans | Healthcare IT News

New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center staff set up telemedicine in Puerto Rico late last month so they could video-conference with providers in New York.

Pharmaceuticals

FDA broadens generic drug competition efforts, pressuring prices | Bloomberg

The FDA intends to prioritize applications from drugmakers that are the first to seek approval for generic versions of brand-name drugs.

Medical​ devices

Johnson & Johnson opens Center for Device Innovation at TMC | Mass Device

Johnson & Johnson's medical device business opened its Center for Device Innovation at the Texas Medical Center Thursday. Part of the center is a rapid-prototyping engineering studio. "CDI at TMC represents unprecedented collaboration between the scientists, business leaders, academicians and investors required to bring revolutionary medical devices to market," said Johnson & Johnson's Sandi Peterson.

In​ other​ news

Researcher says Aaron Hernandez's brain showed signs of severe CTE | NPR

Aaron Hernandez's brain has the most damage from chronic traumatic encephalopathy a research team has ever seen. The research team, from Boston University, found the most severe CTE damage seen in a brain from someone younger than 46 years old. Hernandez was 27 when he killed himself in prison this year after murdering a friend.