Mike Miliard
Becton, Dickinson and Company will gain access to de-identified real-world evidence from Mayo Clinic Platform_Discover, using AI for insights into medical device safety and security in order to streamline its regulatory submissions.
With the Cerner acquisition now complete, Oracle's co-founder and CTO says his company will build a national EHR database to address interoperability challenges for patients, providers and public health agencies.
Citing a "lack of currently available automated solutions," the hospital group says its members will have difficulty with data exchange between convening providers and co-providers.
HIMSS, MGMA and the Connected Health Initiative are among the groups that responded to HHS Office for Civil Rights' call for comment on privacy protections and monetary penalties.
Oracle Industries EVP Mike Sicilia says the newly combined companies will be focused on interoperability, innovation and user-centered design, transforming EHRs from "systems of record into systems of intelligence."
But healthcare organizations have gotten better at responding to this new normal, the new survey indicates, with hospitals now able to restore more encrypted data after attacks.
With the deal, terms of which were not disclosed, Lightbeam aims to expand its proactive and preventive analytics tools with Jvion's prescriptive models and health equity expertise.
"We expect Cerner to be a huge growth engine for years to come," said Oracle CEO Safra Catz of the $28.3 billion deal.
FBI Director Christopher Wray said this week that the bureau's cyber squad was able to stop the 2021 attempt, which he blamed on Iran-sponsored hackers, before it could damage the hospital's IT network.
"We have to get it right," says a sponsor of the VA Electronic Health Record Transparency Act, which is headed for the president's desk.