
What We're Reading: Health Tech Pact; Alarm Over e-Cigs; Icahn Drops Cigna Fight
Major tech companies publicly committed at a Trump administration event to improve provider–patient communications and data exchanges in health information technology in an effort to cut costs and improve outcomes; public health advocates and the FDA are at odds over how to regulate the exploding electronic cigarette industry, even as both sides agree teens and college students are using the devices at an alarming rate; billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who last week said Cigna was overpaying for Express Scripts, is no longer intending to solicit proxies to vote against the $52 billion deal.
Tech Firms Join Forces at Washington Health Event on Interoperability
Major tech companies, including Amazon, Google, Microsoft, IBM, Salesforce, and Oracle, publicly committed at a Trump administration event to improve provider—patient communications and data exchanges in health information technology in an effort to cut costs and improve outcomes,
Despite Public Alarm Over Vaping Devices by Youth, Regulation Thwarted
Public health advocates and the FDA are at odds over how to regulate the exploding electronic cigarette industry, even as both sides agree teens and college students are using the devices at an alarming rate,
Ichan Drops Oppostion to Cigna—Express Scripts Deal
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who last week said Cigna was overpaying for Express Scripts, is no longer intending to solicit proxies to vote against the $52 billion deal,
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