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Cerner on Thursday announced the completion of its purchase of Kantar Health for $375 million in cash – an acquisition it says will be a boost to its expanded efforts toward life sciences research capabilities.
WHY IT MATTERS
Kantar Health s analytics expertise spans a wide array of therapeutic areas: Alzheimer s, cancers, rare diseases and more. Its tools and policy expertise have been used by companies across the pharma and life sciences industries.
Cerner says combining those research and consulting bona fides with its own real-world data stores and portfolio of technologies can better help companies and research groups develop new therapeutics and improve health, wellness and treatment outcomes.
In this episode, Cerner President Donald Trigg talks to Kurt Newman, M.D., president and CEO, Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C.
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives and the American Hospital Association recently recognized Dr. Newman and Matt MacVey, vice president and chief information officer, Children’s National, with the Transformational Leadership Award.
Notable quotes
“It’s a particular honor to get this recognition because it really reflects a longtime passion and commitment about how we’re using information technology as part of our transformation, and Cerner has been our key partner in doing that.” – Dr. Kurt Newman