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31 CIO / HEALTH IT Oracle wants to create 'global' healthcare database, co-founder says By Giles Bruce L arry Ellison, the co-founder and chief technology officer of Oracle, said he wants the company to create a global healthcare database, Diginomica reported. Mr. Ellison previously announced his ambitions to develop a national patient data system following his company's $28.4 billion acquisition of EHR vendor Cerner in June. "Your healthcare records are stored in databases owned by every provider you've ever visited in your entire life," Mr. Ellison said at the Oracle CloudWorld event, according to the Oct. 25 Diginomica story. "It's terribly fragmented. And this creates a number of problems." "There will be some of that data that you will want to share with other nations to provide a worldwide global health system," he added. "We are going to build two new public health systems, one national and one global. It was very clear during the COVID-19 pandemic that we are in desperate need of both of those systems if we are going to do a better job of managing healthcare, especially during a crisis." n 6 health systems choosing Oracle Cerner EHRs By Noah Schwartz O racle Cerner continues to be a major player in the EHR market. Here are six hospitals and health systems opting for Oracle Cerner that Becker's has reported on since Sept. 9: 1. Elkin, N.C.-based Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital selected Oracle Cerner for its EHR system. 2. Huntsville (Ala.) Hospital Health system extended its agreement with Oracle Cerner to include Sheffield, Ala.- based Helen Keller Hospital and Red Bay (Ala.) Hospital. 3. Jerseyville, Ill.-based Jersey Community Hospital se- lected Oracle Cerner as its EHR vendor. 4. Littleton (N.H.) Regional Healthcare went live with Or- acle Cerner's Community Works EHR system. 5. Olla, La.-based Hardtner Medical Center went live with its Oracle Cerner EHR. 6. Sundance, Wyo.-based Crook County Medical District is switching to Oracle Cerner as its EHR vendor. n Where health IT salaries rank compared to other industries By Giles Bruce H ealthcare ranks 14th for IT pay, with an average North Amer- ican salary of $113,758, out of 23 industries analyzed in a re- cent report on tech employment from educational company Skillso. Here are the industries for which statistically significant salary data was available for IT employees, according to the Oct. 19 study that surveyed nearly 8,000 individuals. ey are ranked by average salary in North America. 1. Aerospace or defense: $142,067 2. System integrator and value-added reseller integrator: $140,575 3. IT soware: $135,680 4. Construction, architecture and engineering: $127,499 5. IT consulting: $126,614 6. Insurance, real estate and legal: $126,063 7. Media, film, music: $122,173 8. Professional business services: $121,220 9. IT hardware: $120,578 10. Natural resources: Mining, oil and gas: $118,515 11. Telecommunications: $115,879 12. Retail: $115,383 13. Accounting, auditing, banking and finance: $114,672 14. Healthcare: $113,758 15. Transportation or public utilities: $111,676 16. Manufacturing: Consumer and industrial: $111,453 17. Government: Military and homeland security: $107,701 18. Government: Nondefense, state, local: $99,551 19. Pharmaceutical, medical, biotech: $96,075 20. Hospitality, travel and recreation: $94,928 21. Communications, public relations, advertising: $92,244 22. Education services: $90,207 23. Automotive: $49,409 n