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79 CIO / HEALTH IT OhioHealth to cut 567 IT jobs By Laura Dyrda O hioHealth revealed plans to lay off 567 IT workers as it shifts the work to Accenture, a profession- al services company, in a strategic move to focus more on improving patient care and services, according to The Colum- bus Dispatch. The health system said in an email to staff: "Healthcare is transforming, and we need to constantly look for the best ways to invest in technology and processes that allow us to best serve our custom- ers. As the expectations of our custom- ers change, we must also change." OhioHealth, based in Columbus, said it would keep the IT workers on payroll un- til Jan. 3 and give them an opportunity to train for other jobs within the system, according to the report. n Alabama hospital's ED logs found at residential apartment By Naomi Diaz B irmingham, Ala.-based Grandview Medical Center notified patients that the hospital's emergency department activity logs were taken in an April data breach, which may have exposed their protected health information. On April 12, the hospital said it learned that its emergency department logs had been found in a residential apartment April 4. It said an investigation de- termined that the logs had been stolen between Feb. 13 and April 4. The logs contained the personal health information of patients, including names, dates of birth, medical record numbers, account numbers, treatment information, arrival modes and discharge dispositions. The HHS data breach portal reported that 1,126 patients were affected. It is unknown what the individual in possession of the stolen logs did with the personal information of patients. The investigation continues. n Feds allege Cerner knew about 'flaw' that caused harm to 148 VA patients By Naomi Diaz A draft report from a federal watchdog found that a computer system at Spokane, Wash.-based Mann-Grandstaff Medical Center has caused harm to at least 148 veterans and claims that Cerner knew about the alleged "flaw" in the system, The Spokesman-Review reported June 19. The report alleges that Cerner knew about the flaw in the system, but failed to fix it or inform the Department of Veterans Affairs before its EHR system launched at Mann-Grandstaff Medical Center in October 2020. The draft report also includes details about a patient safety team that allegedly briefed Donald Remy, the department's deputy secretary, during the Cerner rollout at Mann-Grandstaff Medical Center, about the harm and ongoing risks. The report identified 60 different safety problems related to Cerner's system and identified the unknown queue issue as a top priority, according to the report. "We intend to bring substantially more resources to this program and deliver a modern, state-of-the-art electronic health system that will make the VA the industry standard," said Deborah Hellinger, senior vice president for global corporate communications for Oracle, which acquired Cerner on June 8. "We have a contractual and moral obligation to deliver the best technology possible for our nation's veterans, and we intend to do so." Cerner did not respond to requests for comment from Becker's. Despite the warnings, the VA has since launched the Cerner system at facilities in Washington, Idaho, Oregon and Ohio, but said it would halt the remaining roll outs in its other facilities until 2023. n 5 recent Amazon health-related job openings By Naomi Diaz A mazon has been posting new job openings related to its health business. Below are five positions the company recently posted: 1. Soware development engineer, Amazon Care: Will write code and design new, scalable, secure and reliable features. 2. Front end engineer, Amazon Care: Will build user interfaces to develiever AI and automation to healthcare professionals. 3. Research scientist: Will help build healthcare products designed to make high-quality healthcare easy to access. 4. Learning program manager: Will track, implement and create training programs for the Learning and Development team that supports Amazon Pharmacy, Amazon Care, as well as other emerging healthcare businesses. 5. Healthcare privacy analyst: Will evolve the privacy program, technology security and risk processes that power Amazon's pharmacy and fulfillment engines. n