Sturdy Memorial Hospital (SMH), a full-service independent community hospital has signed a 7-year agreement to implement Cerner’s EHR platform at its 132-bed hospital in Attleboro, Massachusetts. Through this agreement, SMH will use Cerner CommunityWorks, a cloud-based deployment model, tailored to help community health care organizations securely manage patient health history, including clinical and financial data. The software deployed through this model is designed to support transparency
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Cerner Launches AI-Powered Chart Assist to Combat Physician Burnout
Cerner unveils Chart Assist, a new AI-enabled workflow, to join a suite of solutions designed to reduce physician burnout, enhance the clinician’s experience and increase productivity.Cerner Chart Assist OverviewCerner’s suite of AI-enabled solutions goes beyond traditional processing and focuses on user efficiency to identify gaps and inconsistencies within the patient record. These advancements will help providers address patient care and validate diagnoses, ultimately helping to reduce the
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Cerner Co-Founder & Vice Chairman Cliff Illig Announces Retirement
Cerner, announced today that Cliff Illig, company co-founder and vice chairman of the board of directors, has retired from Cerner to focus on outside interests. Illig co-founded Cerner in 1979 and has served on the board since 1980. He has been vice chairman since March 1999, except for July 2017 through February 2018, when he was chairman of the board and interim CEO. Illig previously served as the company’s chief operating officer until October 1998, and as president of Cerner until March
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Cerner and Christiana Care Health System Work to Deliver Bariatric Services for Cerner Health Plan Members
Cerner has announced a strategic collaboration with Christiana Care Health System in Delaware to provide a weight loss surgery program designed to help members of Cerner’s health plan achieve their health goals. Together, they will focus on delivering high-quality, safe care with personalized support that helps members through each stage of the process. Following a yearlong, nationwide selection process, the health system was selected as the strategic collaborator to improve the long-term health
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Sharp HealthCare Expands Relationship with Cerner to Improve Patient Care
Sharp HealthCare, a leading health care provider in San Diego, has expanded its longstanding relationship with Cerner, a global leader in health care technology, with the goal to enhance care delivery throughout its regional health system. As part of the new agreement, Cerner associates will be part of a team in San Diego working side-by-side with IT staff and clinicians through this process to help drive new strategy and improved health outcomes across the organization. Expanded
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Cerner, CoverMyMeds Integrate to Improve Prescription Price Transparency at Point of Care
Cerner, today announced a new collaboration with CoverMyMeds to integrate patient-specific information into the EHR for providers to review prescription pricing information with their patients at the point of care. Prescription price transparency can help simplify conversations between individuals and their providers to create personalized care plans that meet a person’s medical and financial needs.Integration BenefitsWhen implemented, providers will be able to view prescription benefit
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Cerner Establishes Team of Industry Leaders to Support VA EHR Modernization Project
Cerner, today announced it has established a team of industry leaders and innovators with extensive experience in large enterprise systems and commercial sectors to support the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) EHR modernization project and provide seamless care to our nation's Veterans.The team of leaders includes a who's who of industry leaders including Leidos, Guidehouse, Accenture, Henry Schein Inc., AbleVets LLC, MicroHealth, ProSource360 and 17 additional businesses, many of which
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Spectrum Health & Human Services to Implement Cerner’s Community Behavioral Health Cloud
Spectrum Health & Human Services, a Western New York-based provider of behavioral health services has selected Cerner to implement the Cerner Integrated – Community Behavioral Health deployment model designed to meet the unique needs of organizations that treat psychological disorders.The implementation will help support Spectrum’s work to improve the mental well-being of the people it serves throughout its health and human services agency in Western New York. Spectrum will receive a
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Cerner President Zane Burke to Step Down in November
EHR leader Cerner, today announced that Zane Burke will step down as President of the company, effective Nov. 2. Effective immediately, John Peterzalek, Executive Vice President of Worldwide Client Relationships, will assume Burke’s responsibilities and the title of Chief Client Officer.“We thank Zane for his contributions to Cerner across more than two decades,” said Cerner Chairman and CEO Brent Shafer. “Zane leaves the company with a strong client focus and commitment to continued innovation,
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Cerner and Duke Clinical Research Team Up on Cardiac Risk Calculator App
Cerner has collaborated with Duke Clinical Research Institute to launch an atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) Risk Calculator app, designed as a tool to increase communication between the person and their doctor about ways to live a healthier life and risk factors for heart disease and stroke. The ASCVD Risk Calculator app is now available to providers in the SMART App Gallery and the Cerner Open Developer Experience (code) App Gallery.Cerner and Duke Clinical Research Institute
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