From integrating new tools into its platform to its pending Oracle acquisition, here are 11 updates on Cerner's operations, software products and partnerships reported by Becker's Hospital Review in March.
- Cerner's EHR system went live at Bar Harbor, Maine-based Mount Desert Island Hospital.
- Cerner CEO David Feinberg, MD, said EHRs should play a bigger role in how we learn about and address health equity issues in a company blog post March 7.
- A March 10 KLAS report said more healthcare providers are adopting Cerner's AI models, but are finding it difficult getting the tools up and running.
- Keith Weiss, an analyst at Morgan Stanley, expressed concerns about the $28 billion deal between Cerner and Oracle.
- On March 15, Oracle extended its tender offer for its proposed acquisition of Cerner for a second time.
- On March 16, Cerner integrated Nuance's Dragon Ambient eXperience into its Millennium EHR.
- The Department of Veterans Affairs selected Laurel Bridge Software to support its transition to Cerner's EHR system.
- Becker's traces the timeline of the Oracle acquisition deal of Cerner, from the official announcement to Oracle's extensions on the offer.
- Cerner integrates three new payment tools into its platforms.
- The Defense Department's Cerner EHR system went live March 19.
- Cerner and the Department of Veterans Affairs launched an investigation to determine what caused the software glitch at the VA's medical center and associated clinics.