Becker's Healthcare May 30, 2024
Epic founder and CEO Judy Faulkner is the “single biggest obstacle to EHR interoperability,” an Oracle executive wrote in a blog post.
Ken Glueck, executive vice president of Oracle, was responding to a news report that the software giant acquired Cerner in 2022 — a deal worth $28.4 billion — because that EHR vendor had a “more relaxed approach to data privacy” than Epic.
But “everyone in the industry understands” that Ms. Faulkner stands in the way of a more freely flowing exchange of information in healthcare, Mr. Glueck asserted.
“She opposes interoperability because it threatens Epic’s franchise,” Mr. Glueck wrote in the May 28 post. “By contrast, Oracle believes outcomes are easier to obtain when providers can collaborate and...
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