EHR rankings, VA deaths, healthcare AI: 14 Oracle Cerner headlines

Here are 14 times Becker's reported on EHR vendor Oracle Cerner in the past month.

1. Clearpath, a medical imaging sharing company, integrated with five of the top EHR systems March 30, including Epic and Oracle Cerner.

2. Black Book Research named Cerner the top EHR vendor for large physician practices and the 17th-best mobile EHR, Becker's reported in March.

3. Ellensburg, Wash.-based Kittitas Valley Healthcare is implementing an artificial intelligence-based tool from clinical performance management company AdaptX to gather insights from its Oracle Cerner CommunityWorks EHR, the health system said March 29.

4. Oracle Cerner employees have been posting online that the company will not give raises or promotions in fiscal 2024, adding to the recent job cuts at the EHR vendor, Becker's reported March 28.

5. Raintree, an EHR provider for therapy and rehabilitation organizations, named Vu Nguyen, a former leader at Cerner, its chief product officer March 28.

6. Clinicians who are highly satisfied with their Oracle Cerner EHRs named personal initiative as the top reason, according to a March 24 KLAS Research report.

7. Large health systems are more likely to say they don't have an optimistic view of Oracle Cerner, with reasons including delays in its revenue cycle product and staffing issues, a March 21 KLAS Research report found.

8. The EHR vendor got a C+ for interoperability, according to letter grades given out March 16 by KLAS Research.

9. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and federal lawmakers continued to identify patient-safety issues with the Oracle Cerner rollout at the VA, including a link between four veteran deaths and the troubled EHR implementation.

10. Cerner contributed $1.5 billion to software giant Oracle's $12.4 billion in third-quarter revenue, Becker's reported March 10.

11. Since Oracle's acquisition of Cerner last year, the company has been focused on using AI to manage diseases like cancer and heart disease as well as improve wellness, Oracle chair and chief technology officer Larry Ellison said in a March 9 earnings call.

12. EHR vendor Oracle Cerner has helped bring clinical trials to Statesville, N.C.-based Iredell Health System, the health system said March 8.

13. Epic, Oracle Cerner and other EHR vendors have asked HHS to extend the public comment period for a new rule to streamline the electronic transmission of prior authorizations, Becker's reported March 1.

14. As a rapidly growing part of healthcare, remote patient monitoring presents a business opportunity for EHR vendors such as Oracle Cerner, according to a March 1 report from data company Definitive Healthcare.

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