Morning Headlines 3/12/18
Minneapolis-based Ability Network sells to Inovalon for $1.2 billion
Analytics vendor Inovalon will acquire competitor Ability Network for $1.2 billion, doubling the 2015 investment of the latter’s private equity owners.
Nuance lands a major partner in the health care sector
Epic will integrate Nuance’s AI-powered virtual assistants into its Haiku, Rover, and Cadence software.
Cerner Investment Community Meeting HIMSS Las Vegas -2018
Cerner reps announce during a HIMSS investment presentation that the VA will go live in 48 waves that will begin in Q4 2019 with pilot sites and then run through 2027, while DoD go-lives beyond the pilot sites will start this fall and go live in 23 waves.

"A valid concern..." Oh please. Everyone picks the software they like and the origin of that software is an afterthought.…