Bringing Oracle’s Cerner Healthcare to India: Ambitious Plans Unveiled:
As Oracle, a prominent player in cloud computing, continues to expand its presence in the healthcare sector, Shailender Kumar, Senior Vice President and Regional Managing Director for Oracle India and NetSuite JAPAC, has expressed ambitious intentions to introduce Oracle’s healthcare subsidiary, Cerner, and its solutions to India.
Oracle acquired Cerner, a global provider of health information technology (HIT) services, devices, and hardware, for $28 billion last year. Speaking during the Oracle CloudWorks event in Las Vegas, Kumar stated that Oracle’s founder, Larry Ellison, is dedicated to advancing healthcare globally and acquiring Cerner was a significant step in that direction.
Kumar emphasized his substantial plans to introduce Cerner’s offerings to India, highlighting Cerner’s dominant position with 70% of the U.S. healthcare market already under its wing. Kumar underscored the potential impact of Cerner’s patient management system in India, stating that having patient records readily accessible could bring about substantial improvements in healthcare.
Regarding the applicability of such a service at institutions like AIIMS, Kumar drew parallels with the success of the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) in India, suggesting that innovative solutions often find unexpected success. He expressed confidence that Cerner’s services would thrive in AIIMS and across Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities in India. At the Oracle CloudWorks event, Larry Ellison unveiled the concept of ‘MultiCloud,’ a collaboration between Microsoft Cloud and Oracle Cloud. Kumar pointed out that Oracle’s top 10 major clients in India, including HDFC, ICICI, Reliance, and Airtel, have a strong presence on Oracle Cloud, as well as other leading cloud platforms.
He noted that Oracle’s multi-cloud approach is set to transform the landscape in the coming years. Kumar revealed that many organizations have approached Oracle to accelerate their digital transformation journeys, with new innovations like Generative AI continuously emerging. Regarding Oracle Cloud’s open-source nature, Kumar highlighted successful implementations such as the ‘Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing’ (DIKSHA) project in India, where Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) modernized the national education technology platform.
Additionally, he mentioned how Oracle Cloud attracted clients like Impartus by promising cost savings and improved performance. Oracle has established a significant presence across various industries in India, including banking, telecommunications, public sector, manufacturing, and startups, offering a comprehensive and unified range of infrastructure, platform, and software-as-a-service solutions. Kumar emphasized Oracle’s unique position in providing such a complete and unified story in the technology landscape.
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