Digital Health September 12, 2019
Google Cloud’s executive advisor has reaffirmed that Google and other major tech companies are not interested in entering the electronic patient record (EPR) market.
Toby Cosgrove, former president and CEO of the US’s Cleveland Clinic turned Google health and care advisor, said that heavy investment in clinical IT systems safeguarded EPR suppliers against any hypothetical offering put forward by Google, IBM and other major software firms.
Instead, Cosgrove said Google was focusing its attention on where it could apply its current strengths within the healthcare system, particularly its search engine.
Speaking at the Intelligent Health conference in Basel in 12 September, Cosgrove said: “There’s not been discussions going on, with IBM and Google, around whether or not they should do...
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