When Brent Shafer was named CEO of Cerner Corp. a year ago, he seemed to have a personality as big as the title he’d assumed. Yet, after a big introduction, Shafer was relatively quiet for months.
But Shafer appears ready to step into the spotlight, recently rolling out what Cerner is billing as a new operating model. The new strategy is one of a handful of developments with big players and big stories that you need to know about.