EHR Intelligence July 26, 2022
Hannah Nelson

According to Mike Sicilia, Oracle executive vice president, moving the Cerner EHR system to the cloud is set to enhance system performance for all end-users, including VA.

Oracle will shift the Cerner EHR system to a cloud data center to enhance system functionality, Mike Sicilia, Oracle executive vice president, told legislators at a Senate Veterans’ Affairs (VA) Committee hearing.

Sicilia emphasized that Oracle’s primary goal is to ensure patient safety and deliver to VA, DoD, and Coast Guard the “most modern, intuitive, performant and secure EHR in the world.”

However, he acknowledged that Oracle needs to address issues with the system, as outlined in the Senate VA Committee’s “List of 36” items sent to Donald Remy, VA deputy secretary....

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