Pulse+IT's weekly round-up of international health IT news for the week ending February 17: Leeds turns to eFax after missing target, Judy Faulkner on Epic UX, US military's Cerner EMR, IBM Watson Health's $50m for AI, WhatsApp channel for HIV, FHIR to be required, Apple Health Records for veterans, Microsoft’s Azure API for FHIR, Cerner's Chart Assist, Slack enters healthcare market
Leeds Teaching Hospitals pilots eFax after missing ‘Axe the Fax’ target
Digital Health News ~ Andrea Downey ~ 13/02/2019
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has fallen short of its “challenging” target to remove 95% of its fax machines by January 1 this year and is now piloting an eFax programme, its CCIO has said.
Epic CEO Judy Faulkner on Apple, docs who actually like their EHRs and Warren Buffett
Healthcare IT News ~ Mike Miliard ~ 13/02/2019
The EHR vendor’s founder also discusses the state of interoperability, cloud computing and today’s sticking points in health IT.
