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.