Healthcare IT News August 24, 2023
Under the White House’s National Cancer Moonshot initiative, Oracle will contribute cloud, artificial intelligence and machine learning expertise, as well as clinical and healthcare research, care delivery and scientific insights.
Oracle, the cloud vendor and owner of Cerner electronic health record, will support the White House’s National Cancer Moonshot public-private partnership’s overall goal to reduce cancer death rates through the CancerX project.
WHY IT MATTERS
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the U.S., according to the CancerX website. Cancer survivors are also 2.5 times more likely to declare bankruptcy.
In Tuesday’s announcement from Oracle, the company said its role in CancerX aims to define the value of digital innovation in cancer treatment, address methodological and implementation...