Information technology
UnityPoint Health System hit with cyberattack affecting 16,000 patients | Healthcare IT News
Hackers broke into staff email accounts with a phishing attack. Health system representatives said, as of now, they don't know of any unauthorized use of breached information.
Ethics commission to review UI Health EHR award to Epic | Health Data Management
Because Cerner is saying that the University of Illinois Health conducted an unfair bidding process that involved a conflict of interest, the Illinois Executive Ethics Commission will review the health system's new Epic contract.
Independence, Comcast partner on new patient-centered technology platform | Fierce Healthcare
The telecommunications company will team up with the Blue Cross insurer to create a patient-education platform.
Government
Trump plan would cut back healthcare protections for transgender people | The New York Times
The Trump administration wants to get rid of an Obama rule that prohibits "any health program or activity" that gets federal assistance from discriminating against people based on race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability status.
In other news
For warehouse workers, technology starts to look more like home | The Wall Street Journal
Logistics companies developers are creating operations systems that work like consumer apps and even run on iPhones.