1. Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust in the United Kingdom plans to implement a range of Cerner solutions.
2. Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust in the United Kingdom plans to go live on a MEDITECH EHR this month.
3. It has been nearly one year since Boston-based Partners HealthCare started its go-live of Epic‘s EHR.
4. Another class-action lawsuit alleges Cerner failed to pay employees overtime wages, bringing the total lawsuits against the health IT company regarding overtime pay to four.
5. Berkshire Hathaway, the investment firm owned by Warren Buffett, reported owning 9.81 million shares of Apple stock, valued at a little more than $1 billion.
6. Cerner was among a group of investors in Heritage Group’s latest funding round for its Healthcare Innovation Fund.
7. Uber’s main competitor in China, another ride-hailing app called Didi Chuxing, just received a major boost from Apple: a $1 billion investment.
8. Apple‘s stock shares fell below $90 — the lowest they’ve been since 2014 — on May 12.
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