Pulse+IT's weekly round-up of international health IT and eHealth news for the week ending April 22: VA loses secretary and CIO, throwing doubt on $10b Cerner deal; NHS sharing patient data with Home Office; FDA acts on medical device security; telehealth for women in South Africa; rumours Nokia will sell Withings; Apple's big reach
VA chief information officer Scott Blackburn resigns
Healthcare Informatics ~ Rajiv Leventhal ~ 19/04/2018
The VA will replace Blackburn with Camilo Sandoval, a former Trump campaign director of data operations.
Why the VA should reconsider decision to replace VistA
Health Data Management ~ Irv Lichtenwald ~ 17/04/2018
Shulkin’s dismissal left unsigned the contract with Cerner to replace the VA’s venerable VistA healthcare IT platform.
