Cerner reveals advisory group on veterans healthcare; Alphabet’s Verily launches ‘partner space’ for health tech startups & more — 9 health IT key notes

Here are nine recent news updates on health IT companies.

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American Well, Doctor On Demand, EpicMD, MDLive and Teladoc were among telemedicine vendors to offer free services to victims of Hurricane Harvey, a storm that battered the Texas coast last month.

Major IT companies like Apple, Google and IBM are moving into the healthcare analytics market, according to a report by healthcare market research firm Kalorama Information.

Cerner revealed the roster for its advisory group on veterans healthcare Sept. 5.

Cerner teamed up with Birmingham, Ala.-based HealthSouth Corp., a provider of post-acute services, to establish a post-acute innovation center.

Cognizant completed its acquisition of TMG Health, a subsidiary of the health insurer Health Care Service Corp.

Cognizant Technology Solutions revealed plans to build a facility focused on healthcare organization services in the Tampa, Fla., area.

Hyperledger — an open-source, cross-industry effort hosted by The Linux Foundation to advance blockchain — added Oracle and Patientory as general members Aug. 29.

Orion Health, a health technology company, named Terry Macaleer president of its U.S. operations.

Alphabet’s life science arm Verily opened what it calls a “partner space” for healthcare-focused startups.

More articles on health IT:
NQF moves beyond EHR data exchange to measure interoperability
Lovelace Health System goes live on systemwide Epic EMR
Cerner establishes advisory group on veterans healthcare

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