1. A new ad campaign for IBM Watson seeks to highlight the supercomputer’s ability to solve business problems, and in one ad, Cleveland Clinic physician Andrea Sikon, MD, discusses with Watson how to manage data overload.
2. The Department of Veterans Affairs has suspended a $624 million contract awarded to Epic Systems and Lockheed Martin to develop an appointment scheduling system for the department.
3. Tift Regional Health System in Tifton, Ga., chose Cerner as its new information technology partner for EHR and revenue cycle management systems across its acute and ambulatory care facilities.
4. IBM and the American Cancer Society are joining forces to develop a virtual advisor for people fighting cancer.
5. Black Book Research has released its 2016 HIE User Survey, and for the fourth year running Cerner claimed the top spot.
6. Westborough, Mass.-based health IT vendor eClinicalWorks is the newest member of the National Patient Safety Foundation Patient Safety Coalition.
7. IBM Watson Health completed the $2.6 billion acquisition of Truven Health Analytics.
8. The board of trustees at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, Iowa, unanimously approved investing $2.5 million to implement Epic‘s EHR.
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