Morning Headlines 4/17/23
VA Pauses Rollout of $16 Billion Health Record System
The VA pauses its $16 billion roll out of Oracle’s Cerner EHR software as it renegotiates its contract with Oracle.
Weight-Loss Telehealth Startup Calibrate Health Cuts 18% of Jobs
Calibrate Health lays off 18% of its workforce as it pivots from a direct-to-consumer online obesity drug prescriber to a telemedicine company that offers its weight-loss services to employers.
Froedtert, ThedaCare plan to merge, hope to launch combined health system by end of 2023
Wisconsin’s Froedtert and ThedaCare, both Epic customers, will merge by the end of 2023 to create an 18-hospital system with $4 billion in revenue.
Epic has had a product called BCA Web for at least a decade, and it's fairly similar to what you…