How a US tech firm is deepening ties in UK healthcare
Becker's Healthcare September 29, 2023
Palantir, a U.S.-based data analytics company, had its software being used across England’s National Health Service to track emergency room capacity and direct supplies of scarce equipment during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. This gave it huge gains in government health contracts, The Wall Street Journal reported Sept. 29.
During that time, Palantir only charged the government one pound for its services, and since then, the company has “parlayed the work into more than £60 million in government health contracts,” according to the publication.
Now, Palantir is competing for a seven-year contract worth up to £480 million — about $590 million — to overhaul N.H.S. England’s outdated patient data system.
The winning bid, expected to be announced...