Oracle Cerner, the nation’s second-largest EHR company by acute hospital share, had a busy past month signing hospitals and working on government contracts. Here are nine times Becker’s reported on the vendor in the last 30 days.
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UK reports 1st human case of new swine flu strain
Health officials in the U.K. have confirmed the country’s first human case of a new swine flu variant typically found in pigs.
California hospital resumes ambulance traffic 8 days after cyberattack
Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside, Calif., has reinstated its EHR platform and resumed ambulance admissions after being hit by a cyberattack Nov. 9 that forced its systems offline, KPBS reported Nov. 27.
Oracle, Google, Microsoft look to disrupt organ donation
Tech companies such as Oracle, Google and Microsoft are looking toward a potential new disruption in healthcare: organ donation, Bloomberg reported Nov. 27.
WHO names BA.2.86 variant of interest as it triples in spread
COVID-19 omicron strain BA.2.86 is now a variant of interest after nearly tripling in prevalence.
Arkansas hospital names new CFO
Magnolia (Ark.) Regional Medical Center named Willam Van Noy its new CFO.
Matching gender of surgeon, patient does not affect outcomes: Study
A recent University of California Los Angeles study found patient-surgeon “gender concordance” does not affect patient outcomes.
3 health systems tapping Optum for RCM
Becker’s reported on three health systems that have opted to outsource revenue cycle management functions to Optum in 2023:
UNM Hospitals to acquire Sandoval Regional Jan. 1
Sandoval Regional Medical Center in Rio Rancho, N.M., on Jan. 1 will join UNM Hospitals and change its name to University of New Mexico Sandoval Regional Medical Center-A Campus of UNM Hospital.
Hospital margins hold steady in October
Hospitals’ median operating margin was 1.2% through October, marking the third straight month with the same year-to-date median and signaling growing stability.
