Cerner

Earlier this week Oracle announced the acquisition of EHR company Cerner for $28.3 billion. 

Damo Consulting CEO Paddy Padmanabhan talks about the significance of the $28.3 billion acquisition and what it means for healthcare and Big Tech.

This week's top stories include Cerner mandating that all U.S. employees be vaccinated by Dec. 8, digital musculoskeletal care company SWORD Health acquiring Vigilant Technologies, and air ambulance charges rising substantially in four years.

Monthly Update: HIMSS Media Editor in Chief Jonah Comstock recaps some of August's top healthcare stories, including HIMSS21 and HIMSS21 Digital highlights, and an increasing number of vaccine mandates for healthcare and tech companies.

This week's top stories include Amwell snapping up digital mental health company SilverCloud Health and virtual care company Conversa Health, the AMA backing vaccine mandates for healthcare workers and the VA suspending Cerner EHR rollouts.

This week's top stories include Hims & Hers acquiring Honest Health, the AHA calling out Express Scripts over its 340B claims reporting policy, and Cerner and Meditech supporting record-sharing via Apple.

The feature lets patients share their user-generated data with clinicians and family members. The team at Cerner says this is one step toward patients controlling their data. 

This week's top stories include the AstraZeneca vaccine showing 79% efficacy but facing questions about using outdated information, Everlywell forming a new at-home lab testing subsidiary, and the VA reviewing its EHR modernization program.

This week's top stories include fertility app maker Flo Health settling with the FTC over data sharing allegations, states moving forward with second doses of the COVID-10 vaccine and the creation of the Vaccine Credential Initiative.

Cerner's Hans Buitendijk, EHRA executive committee chair, and Foothold's David Bucciferro, committee vice chair, share how the association's COVID-19 Task Force is working with provider customers.