From Cerner to Oracle Health: Building Partnerships That Last

About this episode

Richard Barrett shares insights from his extensive experience in healthcare IT, discussing the evolution from Cerner to Oracle Health and the importance of partnerships.

From his early days as a finance intern at Cerner to leading Oracle Health Services at CereCore, Richard Barrett has witnessed healthcare IT evolve through seismic shifts: the rise of SaaS and the cloud, interoperability breakthroughs, the Oracle acquisition, and now the AI revolution. If you’re a CIO, IT strategist, or healthcare leader navigating Oracle Health, this episode of The CereCore Podcast offers grounded wisdom, practical lessons, and inspiration from someone who has “seen it all.” Richard joins host Phil Sobol to reflect on his two decades in healthcare IT and why governance, clinician buy-in, and trusted partnerships are more important than ever. In this episode, you’ll hear: - Lessons from working with some of the nation’s largest health systems - The transformation of Cerner into Oracle Health — and what that means for providers - Why Oracle’s partner-driven model is reshaping client expectations - The future of AI, SaaS, and interoperability in healthcare IT Connect with show host Phil Sobol, Chief Commercial Officer at CereCore Connect with Richard Barrett, Senior Director of Oracle Health Services at CereCore

People in this episode

Host: Phil Sobol

Guest: Richard Barrett

Topics covered

• healthcare IT
• partnerships
• Oracle Health
• Cerner transformation
• AI in healthcare
• governance
• clinician buy-in

Keywords

• healthcare IT
• Oracle Health
• Cerner
• partnerships
• AI
• SaaS
• interoperability
• governance
• clinician buy-in

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cerner, Oracle Health, CereCore, Oracle, SaaS, AI

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