A U.S. patent… “granted CliniComp’s founder Chris Haudenschild the legal ownership of a patent for a remotely-hosted enterprise healthcare information management system. The new suit claims Cerner’s cloud-based Millennium electronic health records (EHR) infrastructure directly infringes on that patent.”
Some outlets report that this week’s patent lawsuit could be a retaliation for its previous case (CliniComp sued the VA for awarding the contract without a bidding process. CliniComp appealed that dismissal and proposed a settlement agreement in November.). Whether the claim stands up could be an important litmus test for future litigation: Most of the other large EHR providers offer similar cloud-based systems, and a spokesperson for CliniComp indicated to FierceHealthcare that the company was looking into other infringement cases…”
Source: Why CliniComp Is Suing Cerner for Patent Infringement – By Ryan Black, December 13, 2017, Healthcare Analytics News. Read the full article here.
