Morning Headlines 4/24/23
- The VA pauses its Oracle Cerner implementation indefinitely until issues at its live sites are resolved, and stresses that “everything is on the table” as it negotiates the scheduled five-year extension of the original 2018 contract.
Oracle Appoints Seema Verma to Lead Oracle Life Sciences
Oracle hires former CMS Administrator Seema Verma, MPH as SVP/GM of life sciences, which includes leading the Oracle Cerner Enviza business.
Electronic Health Information Exchange:Use Has Increased, but Is Lower for Small and Rural Providers
An analysis from the US Government Accountability Office points out that TEFCA may help small and rural providers overcome some barriers that keep them from exchanging health information at the rate of their larger, more metropolitan counterparts.
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