Missouri-Based Cerner Alliance With McKesson Possible

Circle Connections: Mergers & Acquisitions Health care information technology trade media are buzzing about reported discussions between Cerner Corporation and McKesson Corp. The two vendors of electronic health records systems are said to be working on a data "interoperability" deal that would make it easier to share some health records. An alliance, first reported on Tech Target's SearchHealthIT.com, could position the two companies against Epic Systems, the largest vendor in the electronic health records field. This was reported by The Kansas City Star on February 14, 2013. Contact information: Neal Patterson, Chairman of the Board, President & Chief . . .