Re: Oracle and healthcare software?

On Mon, 03 Sep 2001 18:22:52 GMT, "Wayfarer" <Wayfar1_at_swbell.net> wrote:

This was in the news back in March about Oracle teaming up to build a "digital hospital" with HealthSouth:
http://birmingham.bcentral.com/birmingham/stories/2001/03/26/daily5.html

You might do a web search or contact HealthSouth directly to get more information.

If you read Michael Lewis' book about Jim Clark "The New New Thing", he talks a lot about Clark's plan to digitize the whole doctor-patient relationship and get a few cents from every visit, transaction, etc. That effort eventually became WebMD, a far cry from the dream. That shows how complicated the whole health care business is.

I would think if someone could get a handle on health care from a data perspective, it would be Oracle. I believe it takes something requiring a huge effort to get Larry's full attention.

BTW, what is a QI person?

Greg Teets
Cincinnati, OH

>I heard a rumor that Oracle is developing a product for the healthcare
>industry, but have not been able to trace this down as to whether it is
>true, and if so, probable release time frame.
>
>I am five courses away from finishing a BS degree in Computer Information
>Systems with a concentration in (Oracle) database. I am hoping to combine
>the new skills with a 20+ year career as a QI person in the healthcare
>industries, and hearing that Oracle was possibly developing a product was
>very exciting -- with the slump in the tech sector and hiring I sure could
>use some hope.
>
>Marta
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Received on Mon Sep 03 2001 - 21:13:12 CDT