Morning Headlines 1/16/19
Cliff Illig Retires from Cerner Board of Directors
Cerner co-founder Cliff Illig retires from the company’s board “to focus on outside interests.”
Microsoft signs a huge deal with Walgreens, as Amazon’s growing interest in health care looms large
Walgreens signs a deal for its 380,000 employees to use Microsoft technology. The companies will also work together on R&D for patient engagement and chronic disease management software.
DOD’s health data exchange running on bridge contract
The DoD hopes to resolve a contract dispute between two vendors for maintenance of its Defense Medical Information Exchange, a system that supports data-sharing between MHS Genesis, legacy systems, and 53 external HIEs.
Parallon Technology Solutions is Now CereCore
EHR and technology services vendor Parallon Technology Solutions renames itself CereCore.
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