Nearly 3 million healthcare providers use Cerner’s systems each day, which manage the data of nearly 250 million patients worldwide. Verona, Wisconsin-based Epic Systems, Cerner’s biggest rival, announced its big data initiative called Cosmos the same year. While the electronic medical records market has largely been dominated by Cerner and Epic over the past few years, the big data market is up for grabs. Big Tech companies, like Amazon, Google and Microsoft are also looking for a piece of the healthcare data business. “Very few organizations had the experience with clinical data on a multi-decade basis that we have,” he says, adding “that's where we think we have a chance to be differentiated and advantaged.”

Source: Forbes April 01, 2021 14:48 UTC