Morning Headlines 2/1/24

Cardinal Health to acquire Specialty Networks and its PPS Analytics platform, a technology enabled multi-specialty group purchasing and practice enhancement organization in urology, rheumatology and gastroenterology

Cardinal Health will acquire Specialty Networks and its PPS Analytics software for $1.2 billion.

Oracle Taps Former Trump Official Seema Verma to Lead Cerner Business

Confirming HIStalk reader rumors, Oracle taps former CMS Administrator and current Oracle Life Sciences lead Seema Verma to head up Oracle Health.

Austin-Based Vital Interaction Closes $15M Series A Funding Round to Revamp Patient Communication with Hyper-Personalization

Austin-based patient engagement and retention technology startup Vital Interaction raises $15 million in a Series A funding round.

Health care operations enabler Fabric pays cash for AI helper Gyant

Fabric, a healthcare enablement startup formerly known as Florence, acquires Gyant, which offers health systems an AI-powered virtual assistant.