Here are eight recent news updates on key health IT companies.
1. Oklahoma State University's Center for Health Systems Innovation in Stillwater launched its Center for Predictive Medicine which uses a national clinical database donated by Cerner.
2. Though the details are vague, rumors are flying about a new Apple device separate from the Apple Watch and iPhone that collects and tracks user biodata.
3. Allscripts and Hospital IQ, a hospital performance management platform, entered a strategic agreement in which Allscripts clients will have access to Hospital IQ's predictive analytics platform.
4. The second quarter of 2016 proved to be a positive one for Allscripts, which posted record bookings, 10 percent year-over-year revenue growth and 16 percent increase in profits.
5. As part of Cerner's acquisition of Siemens that was completed last year, the Kansas City, Mo.-based health IT vendor plans to scale up operations at a former Siemens facility in Malvern, Pa., by investing $75 million and creating 250 jobs.
6. After conventional methods of detection failed, a team of Japanese researchers from the University of Tokyo's Institute of Medical Science used IBM Watson to successfully diagnose a 60 year-old woman where physicians were unable to.
7. Apple announced its bug bounty program, offering bounties from between $25,000 to $200,000 for hackers to find and inform the company of flaws.
8. McKesson is planning on expanding employee numbers at its 340,000-square-foot distribution center in Clear Lake, Iowa.
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