With Purchase Complete, Oracle to ‘Rapidly Modernize’ Cerner’s Systems

Healthcare Innovation June 8, 2022
David Raths

Oracle says it will make hands-free voice technology the primary interface to Cerner’s clinical systems

With Oracle Corp.’s $28.3 billion acquisition of Cerner final after clearance from antitrust regulators, the California-based tech giant is ready to signal the direction it wants to take the health IT vendor.

In a statement, Mike Sicilia, executive vice president, industries, for Oracle, described briefly how Oracle’s technology might aid Kansas City-based Cerner. “Oracle’s Autonomous Database, APEX low-code development tools, and voice-enabled user interface enable us to rapidly modernize Cerner’s systems and move them to our next-generation cloud,” he said. “This can be done very quickly because Cerner’s largest business and most important clinical system already runs on the Oracle Database. No change required there....

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