California’s McKesson, Cerner Reportedly Talk Health IT Interoperability Alliance

Circle Connections: Mergers & Acquisitions Health IT systems vendors McKesson and Cerner are said to be working on a landmark of a deal to cooperate on health information exchange (HIE), potentially breaking down a key barrier to the vision of a nationwide network of interoperable electronic health records (EHRs). It also would put the two companies on stronger footing against rival Epic Systems, which has come to dominate other enterprise EHR vendors in the fast-growing ambulatory market. The publication said a deal could be announced at next month's Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual conference in . . .