STAT News – Biotech
Are we underestimating alcohol-related liver disease?
Good morning. With so much snow this winter, I gave up on biking to the office for a while. I’m happy to be back at it today. Spring is technically here, and spring weather is coming!
Epic says it has uncovered patient data fraud
In the U.S., the infrastructure through which providers share patient health information runs on trust. It’s even built into the name of the network they use to do so: the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement, or TEFCA. Under the terms of TEFCA, providers have to send a patient’s records, for free, to any legitimate provider who requests them in order to support that patient’s treatment.