Here's the latest roundup of stories about health information technology companies, including Google, Change Healthcare and Cerner.
- Epic signed a 10-year contract with Northern Ireland June 10 to design and implement an EHR system as part of the country's $374 million digital health records investment.
- Cerner teamed up with American Hospital Dubai to open the health system's first artificial intelligence research center in support of clinical AI and data analytics initiatives.
- Change Healthcare rolled out its Connected Consumer Health suite June 2, a new patient experience platform developed with Adobe and Microsoft.
- Optum welcomed Patrick Conway, MD, as its new CEO of Care Solutions June 9.
- Google teamed up with the University of California Berkeley to develop artificial intelligence tools that help clinicians and researchers sift through research publication databases.
- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs added to its EHR implementation contract with Cerner, awarding the Kansas City, Mo.-based vendor a one-year, $98.6 million task order to provide sustainment support for the agency's software and hardware platforms.
- Microsoft AI for Health awarded New York City-based Mount Sinai COVID Informatics Center a grant and cloud resources to accelerate discovery, translation and digital tool implementation.
- Apple released updates to its COVID-19 app and website June 9 that allow users to anonymously share information with the CDC.
- Change Healthcare acquired Fort Worth, Texas-based pharmacy software company PDX June 1.
- Amazon Web Services and Slack Technologies signed a multiyear strategic partnership to develop and distribute technology for workplace communication and technology.