Pulse+IT's weekly weekend round-up of international health IT and eHealth news:
NY providers prepare for coming e-prescribing mandate
Health Data Management ~ Greg Slabodkin ~ 18/03/2016
Starting Easter Sunday, March 27, electronic prescribing for both controlled and non-controlled substances will be required in New York, making it the first state to require all prescriptions be created electronically. Physicians who fail to comply with the mandate face fines and imprisonment.
Hospital ransomware attacks surge; so now what?
Healthcare Info Security ~ Marianne Kolbasuk McGee ~ 23/03/2016
Ransomware attacks against hospitals are becoming commonplace this year, with at least five incidents revealed in recent weeks.
