Healthcare Moves: A Monthly Summary of Hires and Layoffs
Here is a selection of recent executive hires, exits, promotions and layoffs occurring across the healthcare industry.
Why Lawmakers Are Trying to Nix VA’s $50B+ Dollar Oracle Cerner EHR Rollout
Two Congresspeople recently introduced a bill seeking to terminate the VA's Oracle Cerner EHR rollout. The legislation said that the project is too flawed and costly to carry on — the lawmakers called for VA facilities to revert back to the department’s internally developed EHR.
Hot off its Cerner acquisition, Oracle is developing a national health records database
Two days after it completed its $28.4 billion acquisition of Cerner, Oracle announced plans to build a national, anonymized health information management system.
DOJ looks into Oracle buyout of Phase Forward
The U.S. Dept. of Justice is investigating Oracle Corp.’s proposed $685 million buyout of Phase Forward Inc. The U.S. Dept. of Justice is investigating Oracle Corp.’s (NSDQ:ORCL) $685 million bid to acquire Phase Forward Inc. (NSDQ: PFWD), according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Waltham, Mass.-based clinical trial data management provider […]