Cerner Leveraging Amazon ' s Cloud Storage and AI for Increased EHR Functionality

In two recent notes, I opined that two major EHR vendors, Epic and Cerner, could not successfully graft large-scale analytics capabilities onto their current, installed EHR platforms (see:What Is Digital Health and How Does a Health System Get There?; Consideration of the Organizational and Personal Digital Health Managers of the Future). Relevant to this discussion is a recent article that quoted Cerner's CEO Brent Shafer about how the company intended to leverage Amazon's cloud storage fromAmazon Web Services (AWS) and offer"intelligent predictive insights" to its EHR customers (see:Shafer: Amazon deal will help take Cerner from'the now to the next'). Below is an excerpt from the article:[Cerner CEO Brent] Shafer took to the stage at Municipal Auditorium to detail how Cerner's client-centric focus and partnership with Amazon will bridge the gap between the"realities and possibilities of health care." He said the digitization of health care is the first step on the journey toward Cerner's original goal: to use health IT to systemically eliminate error, waste and delay.Shafer said Cerner will focus on several key areas in its broader strategy to innovate with Amazon, including turning data into insights, increasing interoperability and usability, and rapid development and deployment.In February, Shafer unveiled Cerner's new operating model and highlighted his hope that the company could become a curated health data source....
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