Scripps Health
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Consumer / Employer, Health Tech
Healthcare Moves: A Monthly Summary of Hires and Layoffs
Here is a selection of recent executive hires, exits, promotions and layoffs occurring across the healthcare industry.
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Scripps Health hit by 4 class-action lawsuits on heels of ransomware attack
Scripps Health fell victim to a ransomware attack in early May, as a result of which data of around 147,000 patients was stolen. Now, those patients are filing lawsuits against the health system alleging it failed to adequately protect their data and exposed them to several risks, including identity theft.
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Payer’s Place: Dawn Maroney
Dawn Maroney, President, Markets of Alignment Health and CEO of Alignment Health Plan, to discuss how they are using technology to provide better service and care to consumers.
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Scripps Health IT applications pushed offline following cyberattack
The San Diego-based health system experienced a cyberattack on Saturday, following which it suspended user access to several IT applications, including its patient portal. Though it is not clear if patient data was compromised, care services were affected, with the system having to reschedule some appointments and revert to paper records.
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‘Moneyball’ meets medicine: DePodesta joins Topol at Scripps
After reading Dr. Eric Topol’s latest book, New York Mets executive Paul DePodesta was struck by the parallels between baseball and medicine when it comes to crunching data.
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Diagnostics, Patient Engagement
Heart patient: Apple Watch got me in and out of hospital fast
“Going in with the data certainly reduced my stay by a couple of days,” Ken Robson told MedCity News. It also assured that he could have a pacemaker implanted nearly immediately.
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Devices & Diagnostics, Patient Engagement
Topol: Apple Watch helps colleague’s patient self-diagnose heart condition
Dr. Eric Topol, chief academic officer of Scripps Health in San Diego and director of the Scripps Translational Research Institute, is creating yet another buzz on Twitter with a post about patient-generated data from an Apple Watch.
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Devices & Diagnostics, Health IT, Hospitals
Scripps Health study evaluates wireless vital signs monitor at hospital
It’s been a couple of months since Sotera Wireless received 510 (k) clearance from the […]