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New host Kat Jercich brings together the HIMSS Media leads – Mike Miliard, executive editor at Healthcare IT News; Susan Morse, executive editor at Healthcare Finance News, and Laura Lovett, executive editor at MobiHealthNews – to discuss Oracle's recent acquisition of Cerner.  

Talking points: 

• What are the basics of the deal?
• Oracle's interests in the cloud arena
• What this might mean for the health-tech industry
• How providers are feeling
• The role of voice recognition tech
• Epic and Cerner: The Coke and Pepsi of EHRs?  
• What we're keeping an eye on for 2022

More about this episode:  

Cerner names Dr. David Feinberg president and CEO  

Oracle acquires Cerner for $28.3B  

Industry analysts react to Oracle's big-ticket Cerner buy  

How Oracle's acquisition of Cerner is positive for providers  

What Oracle's acquisition of Cerner could mean for big tech in health  

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