Cerner said it plans to list its Continuous Campus in Kansas City, Kansas, for sale in August. The sale comes as Cerner transitions to a hybrid workforce coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic. The medical technologies company said it evaluated its office space with that and the expansion of the Innovations Campus in south Kansas City, Missouri, in mind.
The Department of Health and Human Services renewed and expanded its one-year contract for its COVID-19 vaccine distribution platform Tiberius from nearly $17 million to $31 million, tech company Palantir announced Monday.
The artificial intelligence company Deep 6 A.I. in Pasadena has announced significant network growth, meant to speed up clinical trials for medical and life science researchers, along with the appointment of two new company executives. Chris Brubaker has joined the company as chief marketing and customer officer, while Talha F. Basit has been named chief technology officer, according to Deep 6 CEO Wout Brusselaers. A major challenge to running clinical studies is finding appropriate patients, Brubaker said. It’s a large contributor to the reason it can take years to bring new treatments to market.
HCA Healthcare, a hospital system based in Nashville, recently announced a data-sharing deal with Google. The deal could provide groundbreaking advancements in how we share health data and diagnose patients. But, as with all technology, patients need to be careful to balance better treatment with protecting their own privacy.