Quantum Health, the industry leader in healthcare navigation and care coordination, announced that Zane Burke has joined the company as chief executive officer and member of the company’s Board of Directors. Prior to Quantum Health, Burke most recently chief executive officer of Livongo Health Inc. Burke assumes the role from Quantum Health founder and chief executive officer Kara Trott, who continues in her leadership role as Board Chair and will assist in a seamless transition. Healthcare
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Google Shuts Down Health Division After VP Joins Cerner
What You Should Know: - Google is eliminating its health division after VP, David Feinberg, MD, joins Cerner as its newest President and CEO, according to an internal memo, Insider first reports. In an internal memo sent by Jeff Dean, head of Google’s research division to employees stated Google Health will no longer function as a unit. Formed in 2018, Google Heath which included artificial-intelligence research teams Google Brain and DeepMind, as well as health teams from Nest Labs, the
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Cerner Appoints Dr. David Feinberg as New President & CEO
What You Should Know: Today, Cerner announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Dr. David Feinberg as its new President and Chief Executive Officer, effective Oct. 1. Dr. Feinberg succeeds Brent Shafer, who previously announced his decision to transition from chairman and CEO. - Dr. Feinberg will serve as a member of the Board of Directors. Cerner’s current President, Donald Trigg, will leave Cerner. Cerner’s Board of Directors also announced that it will separate the roles of
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Cerner Launches Social Determinants of Health Solution to Advance Health Equity
What You Should Know: - Cerner today announced a new solution, Cerner Determinants of Health, designed to help providers address healthcare inequities. - Cerner Determinants of Health is a dashboard and supporting set of tools, integrated into the Cerner electronic health record, to help clinicians pinpoint disparities and suggest goals and resources within the patient’s care plan to help target intervention opportunities. Leveraging SDoH to Advance Health Equity The
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Banner Health Launches Digital Health Program with Xealth & Babyscripts
What You Should Know: - Banner Health announced the launch of its digital health program with Xealth to enable digital health at scale. Banner Health is making it simpler for medical providers to order digital health solutions directly from its Cerner EHR, helping to strengthen its connection with patients across its 30 acute-care hospitals and other entities. The launch will begin
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Cerner Begins Search for New CEO, Announces Q1 2021 Earnings
What We Should Know: - On Tuesday, Cerner announced that CEO Brent Shafer and the Board have launched their search for the company’s next CEO. The Board has formed a CEO search committee and has retained a leading executive search firm as part of the CEO succession plan. - Shafer will continue to serve as chairman and CEO until the Board has identified and appointed a successor, after which he will serve as a senior advisor for one year. "Cerner is on the right trajectory, with
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Cerner to Provide Access to More Than 54M Patient Records for Life Insurance Industry
What You Should Know: - Cerner has taken another step into the life insurance industry today with an strategic collaboration with MIB, a company providing risk management services to hundreds of insurance companies in the United States and Canada. - The agreement will establish MIB as the exclusive collaborator to provide access to digital patient data from Cerner within the life insurance industry. MIB will now be able to facilitate access to 54 million patient
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Dedalus Completes Acquisition of DXC’s Provider Healthcare Business – M&A Analysis
What You Should Know: Last week saw Dedalus complete the purchase of DXC’s healthcare provider business for $450M, a deal that was originally announced in July 2020. - DXC was created in 2017 via the merger of CSC and the Enterprise Services business of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) - Dedalus has been through a rapid acquisition program over the last ten years acquiring a majority position with France-based Medasys/Noemalife in 2016 and then acquiring the EHR and integrated care
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Long-Time Cerner Board Member Linda M. Dillman Passes Away
What You Should Know: - Linda M. Dillman, a long-time and trusted Cerner Corporation board member, passed away on Saturday, March 13. - Dillman retired from QVC in January 2017, having served as its Chief Information Officer since January 2012. Previously, she held positions as Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Walmart and Senior Vice President, Global Information Technology at Hewlett-Packard. She served on the Board of Directors for Cerner, GS1 US Board of
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MEDITECH Expanse Leads Customer Satisfaction for Small Community Hospitals, KLAS Report Finds
What You Should Know: - Small community hospitals (1–200 beds) leaders cite MEDITECH Expanse Acute Care EMR as a leader in delivering the most consistent customer experience, according to a new KLAS report. The KLAS report reveals that while Epic and Cerner EMRs leads in performance among large organizations they don’t deliver as consistently for smaller hospitals. Customers cite their approaches to the community market—hub-and spoke relationship (Epic) and shared server (Cerner)—create
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