Oracle’s challenges as a big tech company entering healthcare 

Part 1 – What do the tech giants not understand about healthcare and what can healthcare embrace from big tech as healthcare consumerism draws more outsiders in?


Oracle Cerner Special Report Part 1 - Oracle’s challenges as a big tech company entering healthcare 

Large technology companies have struggled to successfully enter the healthcare market. Entities such as IBM, Microsoft and others have made plays to tap into the market, lured by the trillions of dollars spent annually in the U.S. for healthcare services. However, breaking into healthcare poses both technical and business challenges, given the fragmented nature of healthcare, its distributed decision making, and unique operational and data nuances. Large tech companies have struggled with the need to adapt solutions to individual caregivers, which makes it difficult to develop solutions at “big tech scale.” Additionally, healthcare organizations are tightly wedded to traditional approaches for solving problems. 

Oracle has circumvented some of these challenges by acquiring Cerner, which has its systems in hundreds of hospitals nationwide. Still, panelists say Oracle will need to overcome preconceived notions about how quickly healthcare organizations will adapt to change. Opportunities do exist, however, as care organizations look for data to help them better manage population health and seek technology to achieve digital transformation. 


This HDMvideo is part of a special report series exploring Oracle's acquisition of Cerner.

What will Oracle learn with its acquisition of Cerner? Can Oracle’s acquisition of Cerner finally answer decades of questions, achieve more than its predecessors’ mixed bag of successes...and avoid massive failure? What do these tech giants not understand about healthcare, and what can healthcare embrace from big tech as healthcare consumerism draws more outsiders in?

Throughout this series, our HIT consultant panel offers perspective and their answers to the myriad of questions encompassing big tech’s desire – and ability – to conquer healthcare.

View the full Special Report including panel discussions, articles and KLAS Research insights

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