Healthcare IT Today April 30, 2021
Cerner has struck a deal in which it will let a life insurance industry data vendor access patient records. Under the terms of the deal, risk management and digital services vendor MIB will be able to offer life insurance industry players access to 54 million patient medical records, as well as 5,400 patient portals.
The deal makes Cerner the third EHR vendor MIB has signed up for its services, which also include data from Epic as well as other EHR and HIE partners. MIB’s clients use the data as part of the process of underwriting life insurance policies. According to MIB, the life insurance industry currently lacks a single solution that offers easy access to medical information across multiple health...