Here's the latest roundup of stories about health IT companies, including Allscripts, Cerner and Microsoft. 

"Co-opetition is the perfect approach for the health-care industry to avoid the destruction of much that is essential to the continuing health of the American people. It should be required reading by managers of health-care providers and health insurance or HMO managers." In this introductory quote in Co-opetition by Adam Brandenburger and Barry Nalebuff, former COO of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center John Gunn suggests that healthcare providers and organizations will thrive by capturing an overlooked opportunity to serve patients and communities.

There seems to always be a discussion on what constitutes as a social determinant of health, such as nutrition or housing. However, transportation needs to be equally considered, according to Uber Health chief Dan Trigub.

College Station-based Texas A&M University plans to build a $550 million complex in the Texas Medical Center, a sprawling Houston hub of healthcare institutions, according to The Houston Chronicle.

Medical City Frisco (Texas) has named Patrick Rohan CEO, effective March 1.

Springfield, Pa.-based Crozer-Keystone Health System has named Peter Adamo CEO. 

Seattle Children's Hospital has filed a lawsuit to block the release of health department records regarding mold at its facility, according to court documents cited by King 5. 

Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University engineers created a new tool that can identify disease co-morbidities by analyzing de-identified EHR data and medical diagnosis codes, according to a Feb. 18 news release.

As of 10 a.m., Feb. 20, the disease COVID-19 has sickened 75,752 and resulted in 2,130 deaths. Globally, 16,882 people have recovered from the illness. 

Auditors determined Glens Falls (N.Y.) Hospital's significant losses in 2017 were largely attributable to the rollout of a new billing system. However, the hospital offered a different explanation to state health regulators, according to The Post Star.

After a more than 20-year stint as a cardiologist and professor of medicine in Durham, N.C.-based Duke University Health System and a clinical investigator at the Duke Clinical Research Institute, Matthew Roe, MD, has joined Verana Health as CMO.

The Indian Health Service, part of HHS, has begun a multiyear modernization project to overhaul its clinical and patient administrative information system, which has been in place since 1969, according to a Feb. 18 Nextgov report.

I've written in previous columns that I believe we need to find ways to reconcile the concepts of "patient" and "consumer" in healthcare. We live in an age of ubiquitous handheld devices and social media. Convenience is prized more than ever.

Age may subconsciously play a role in cardiologists' treatment decisions for heart attack patients, according to a new study cited by STAT.

Latham, N.Y.-based Community Care Physician began notifying an undisclosed number of patients Feb. 14 that their information may have been affected in a ransomware attack at third-party accounting vendor BST & Co.

Bellevue, Wash.-based Overlake Medical Center & Clinics, a 364-bed nonprofit community hospital, began alerting 109,000 patients Feb. 7 that their information may have been exposed in a phishing attack.

Of the 25 major work stoppages last year involving at least 1,000 workers, six involved healthcare workers, according to new data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Health insurer startup Oscar Health said it will reduce the out-of-pocket price for a month's supply of 100 commonly used drugs to just $3 for its individual insurance plan members. 

Two major California health systems, Kaiser Permanente and Scripps Health, are eyeing expansions in San Marcos, Calif., according to The San Diego Union Tribune.

HHS has updated its HIPAA retail pharmacy transaction requirements for opioids and other Schedule II drugs to prevent improper refills, according to the Reed Smith law firm.