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Report uncovers patient safety issues with VA’s EHR go-live

Two reports published by the Office of the Inspector General shed light on why the VA pushed back its rollout of a new health record system. The OIG said the March 2020 deployment date was “likely...

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Cerner sells revenue cycle outsourcing business

Revenue cycle company R1 acquired Cerner’s RevWorks business. The company will also acquire commercial, non-federal clients as part of the deal.

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GAO report: Mar-a-Lago crowd had a hand in $16B Cerner contract

Three Trump advisors had a role in evaluating Cerner’s $16 billion contract to build a […]

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Digital health platform Xealth strikes partnership with another big health IT...

Xealth, a company whose platform makes it easy to prescribe digital health tools and integrate them with patients’ health records, struck a partnership with Cerner. Both Cerner and LRVHealth invested...

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Cerner introduces new texting capabilities

The EHR vendor is integrating texting capabilities into its online portal to help streamline communications between providers and patients. The company collaborated with patient communication solutions...

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Xealth, Cerner build out digital health prescribing platform

Xealth and Cerner had been working together after the health IT vendor invested in Xealth earlier this year. The companies brought on Banner Health as their first client.  

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Cerner to snap up Kantar’s health division for $375M

The EHR giant is planning to buy Kantar Health, which provides data, analytics and research to the life sciences industry. Through the acquisition, Cerner aims to provide its clients with more access...

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How Cerner plans to bolster rural hospitals’ telehealth efforts amid the...

In a wide-ranging interview with MedCity News, Cerner CommunityWorks President Mitchell Clark discussed the healthcare challenges facing rural communities amid the Covid-19 pandemic and the company’s...

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Behind the scenes: How health systems, EHR vendors will give patients...

Health systems and EHR vendors have been working for months to comply with the ONC’s final rule on interoperability and information blocking that goes into effect in April and is expected to grant...

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Epic v Cerner v Meditech v Allscripts: Who is winning Canada’s EHR Battle?

Meditech continues to hold the largest EMR market share in Canada, but it is losing customers — mostly to Epic, which has seen a rapid rise in popularity, a new KLAS report shows. The report delves...

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Mayo Clinic, Microsoft, Cerner join coalition to provide digital access to...

A group of organizations have come together to work on a solution that will provide digital access to Covid-19 vaccination records. As the country eyes a challenging transition to the new normal, a...

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Cerner, Philips invest in Carevive Systems’ oversubscribed $18M equity round

The health technology company will use the investment to deploy its cancer care management platform and remote monitoring program at more health systems and to advance its research capabilities....

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Lawsuit: Cerner systems’ failure drove Astria Health into bankruptcy  

The Washington-based health system has filed a lawsuit against EHR giant Cerner saying it intentionally misrepresented its products and services. Cerner’s systems did not operate as promised, leading...

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Being “complaint proof” on information blocking won’t be easy for providers,...

The HHS’ information blocking rule goes into effect Monday, and for nearly a year, providers and IT vendors have been racing to prepare. But they have faced several hurdles along the way, including...

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Global EMR purchasing remained robust during pandemic, with Epic in the lead

Epic led global, non-U.S. EMR purchasing in 2020, a year that saw strong activity in the arena despite the pandemic. But certain regions did experience a downswing, including Latin America, where...

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Dr. David Feinberg’s next act: CEO of Cerner

Feinberg comes to Cerner from Google Health, which he has led since 2019. The move comes amid news reports that Google plans to dismantle its health division, though the company denies any such plans.

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Cerner joins $135M funding round for Elligo Health Research 

Elligo Health Research uses EHR data, technology and services to expand patient access to clinical trials. It will use the new funds to further invest in its technology platform and purchase research...

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Study: Apps integrating with EHRs grew 20% during 2020

Though the total number of unique apps that integrate with major EHRs, like Epic and Cerner, increased from 600 at the end of 2019 to 734 in December 2020, growth in the number of apps that support the...

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Why one hospital decided to build its own EHR

A New Jersey bucked the norm of buying the off-the-shelf EHR software from the large electronic health records vendors like Epic and Cerner and built something more aligned with what was needed.

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Cerner stock rises on potential $30B sale to Oracle

Oracle is reportedly in talks to buy Cerner for $30 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal. If it closes, it would be the largest health tech deal this year. 

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Oracle to buy Cerner for $28.3B 

The companies struck an all-cash deal on Monday for $95-per share. Oracle plans to add a voice interface to Cerner’s electronic health record system. 

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How Cerner’s CEO responded to U.S. market share losses at ViVE

Dr. David Feinberg spent much of a roughly 20-minute late-morning session Monday talking about the potential benefits of EHRs, but when asked about losing market share in the U.S. in two successive...

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Epic CEO in exclusive sit-down at ViVE: We are now interoperable with the world

In a sit-down interview after my onstage fireside chat with rival Cerner CEO David Feinberg at ViVE, Epic CEO Judith Faulkner aimed to set the record straight about Epic’s capabilities in AI,...

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Epic beats competition in new KLAS report ranking Top IT companies for...

Healthcare IT research company KLAS published its 2022 annual Best in KLAS report where it ranked IT companies in healthcare in a variety of categories. Epic scored the highest in the most categories.

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New EMR report shows Cerner continuing to lose market share in the U.S....

The 2022 U.S. Hospital Market Share report from KLAS states that other than government contracts, “no net-new large health systems have selected Cerner since 2013” though the EMR vendor scored big...

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To improve EMR satisfaction, work on speed and reliability first

Providers would be wise to improve their EMR system response time and reliability, as these two measures critically influence clinician satisfaction. These improvements are acutely needed amid...

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Hot off its Cerner acquisition, Oracle is developing a national health...

Two days after it completed its $28.4 billion acquisition of Cerner, Oracle announced plans to build a national, anonymized health information management system.

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Federal Court Says Cerner May be on the Hook in Brain Damage Lawsuit

Medical software company Cerner must head to trial for a jury to decide whether its software contained design defects that caused brain damage to a 25-year-old who was undergoing surgery to remove his...

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Why Lawmakers Are Trying to Nix VA’s $50B+ Dollar Oracle Cerner EHR Rollout

Two Congresspeople recently introduced a bill seeking to terminate the VA’s Oracle Cerner EHR rollout. The legislation said that the project is too flawed and costly to carry on — the lawmakers called...

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Healthcare Moves: A Monthly Summary of Hires and Layoffs

Here is a selection of recent executive hires, exits, promotions and layoffs occurring across the healthcare industry.

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