Oracle Corporation has entered into an agreement to acquire North Kansas City, Missouri-based health information technology company, Cerner Corporation, in an all-cash tender offer for $95 per share. Under the $28.3 billion transaction, Oracle
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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) implemented Cerner’s electronic health record system at Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center in Spokane, Washington, in October 2020 and VA officials said the initial go-live went smoothly. VA
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The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to deploy a Cerner-developed platform that will handle the processing of electronic health records starting March 28, Nextgov reported Thursday.
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Cerner CEO Zane Burke told lawmakers on June 26 that the annual maintenance and operating cost of the electronic health record system his company is providing the Veterans Affairs Department would be
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The Department of Veterans Affairs expects to award Cerner a contract to build a new electronic health record system for VA as early as this month, Federal News Radio reported Friday. VA Secretary David Shulkin told members
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Tanya Bradsher, the White House’s nominee for the role of deputy secretary at the Department of Veterans Affairs, said that if confirmed, she would push for a “boots-on-the-ground” approach to help address
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Three senators plan to introduce a bill that would direct the Department of Veterans Affairs to introduce reforms to its electronic health record modernization program. The proposed measure would require VA to
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The Department of Veterans Affairs will receive $1.8 billion in funding under the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill to support the rollout of its electronic health record system to facilities across the
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Denis McDonough, secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, said VA has begun storing digitized veteran service records in the cloud and building automated decision platforms to speed up military retirees’ access
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The Department of Veterans Affairs has further delayed from January to June 2023 the upcoming deployments of the Oracle Cerner electronic health record system to review and address technical and system performance
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