Daily Briefing June 17, 2019 | Daily Briefing Today's Daily Briefing View Archives Print Today's Daily Briefing Subscribe Advisory Board Insight C-Suite Cheat Sheet: Accountable Care Organizations Learn what accountable care organizations are, how they work, and how they impact providers and suppliers. More Latest News What actually kills Americans? (Hint: It isn't what you Google.) June 17, 2019 While Americans might think they understand the health conditions that could kill them, a review of 2016 Google searches finds that, relatively speaking, hardly anyone was looking up the leading cause of death. More Do 'apology laws' work? Sorry, the answer may be no June 17, 2019 Many experts believe that so-called "apology laws"—which allow doctors to apologize to patients for an error without that admission being used against them in court—might help reduce malpractice lawsuits. But an analysis published earlier this year in the Stanford Law Review shows they could have the opposite effect. More Is your sleep tracker ruining your sleep? June 17, 2019 Experts warn that the technology designed to help you better understand your sleeping habits could actually worsen your insomnia, Karen Zraick and Sarah Mervosh report for the New York Times. More Drugmakers sue HHS over rule requiring prices in TV ads June 17, 2019 Three pharmaceutical companies and the Association of National Advertisers on Friday filed a lawsuit challenging HHS' final rule to require drugmakers to disclose their products' list prices in consumer-directed television advertisements. More Weekly review: Surgeons went in to remove a brain tumor—but they found a tapeworm instead June 17, 2019 Does U.S. health care "depend on exploiting doctors and nurses"? Is it unhealthy to wake up before dawn? And more. More Around the nation: New York eliminates religious vaccine exemptions June 17, 2019 New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday signed into law a bill to eliminate religious exemptions for vaccine immunizations, in today's bite-sized hospital and health industry news from Colorado, New York, and Pennsylvania. More