Sicilia discussed Oracle’s recently completed acquisition of Cerner to reinvent the health care industry, which has a pressing need for that reinvention. For instance, he noted that patients and providers have been underserved by technology for years, evidenced by the fact that providers spend two hours interacting with systems for every hour they spend with patients.
“These are crazy things. Somebody has to fix it; somebody has to make it better,” Sicilia said. “We see it not just as a business but as a moral obligation.” And without owning an asset of Cerner’s scale, with a massive installed base, it wouldn’t have been possible for Oracle to take this “bold” step forward.
