San Diego-based CliniComp, the same EHR provider that sued the Department of Veterans Affairs over its no-bid contract with Cerner in August, filed a complaint Monday alleging Cerner violated one of its patents for an enterprise healthcare management system, according to Kansas City Business Journal.
CliniComp's complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, raises issue with a 2003 patent it holds. The patent describes a system in which companies are able to remotely host hospitals' IT infrastructure, reducing IT update burdens for health systems.
CliniComp claims the remote-hosting solution Cerner offers as part of its Millennium EHR infringes on the patent, and is seeking a permanent injunction and an undetermined amount of damages, according to the complaint obtained by Kansas City Business Journal.
The complaint follows ClinicComp's lawsuit against the VA in August, in which it challenged the agency's decision to award Cerner an EHR contract without hosting an open bidding process. The motion was dismissed in October by a judge in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. CliniComp has since appealed the decision, however, it has offered to settle if the VA conducts an assessment of the CliniComp software.
The VA has yet to award Cerner a contract, but the EHR overhaul is expected to cost around $10 billion and take roughly 10 years to complete.
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