This would not require the database to be national, indeed this could be something offered using Oracle Cerner’s existing connections and data, with the value incrementally increasing as the network broadened and potentially one day reached a national level.
The national EHR announcement may have worked best to grab headlines and prompt analysis such as this insight, but an increased emphasis on connecting and commercialising Cerner’s repository of patient data to support life science, pharma and research, is likely to ultimately prove the “real announcement”.

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About Signify Research’s EHR market coverage: The above analysis is a summary of data and commentary from Signify Research’s EHR Market Intelligence Service. The service provides a rolling set of publications on 20 geographies, providing deep-dive analysis of local, regional, and global EHR market trends. Please contact us if you would like further information on our EHR Service or our broader Hospital IT portfolio.
About the author: Alex Green is the director and principal analyst leading the digital health team at Signify Research, an independent supplier of market intelligence and consultancy to the global healthcare technology industry. Signify's major coverage areas are Healthcare IT, Medical Imaging and Digital Health. Our clients include technology vendors, healthcare providers and payers, management consultants and investors. Signify Research is headquartered in Cranfield, U.K.
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