May 16, 2012
Mergers can be one of the more difficult processes to manage in business. Each group involved brings their own processes, ideas and culture, aspects of doing business that have often taken years to develop. In a health care setting, especially in recent years, mergers also bring questions about technology. Which EHR system does each group use? Can they work together, or is the decision based around one system or the other? Tough questions, especially when patient care is considered.
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May 10, 2012
Please take a moment to check out this video from our friends at Seattle Children's Hospital. It was made by a patient at the hospital and features other patients, doctors and nurses on the hematology/oncology unit. Here's to everyone struggling with cancer getting stronger each and every day!
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May 07, 2012
Often described as an art and a science, nursing is a profession that embraces dedicated people with varied interests, strengths and passions because of the many opportunities the profession offers. At Cerner, we're proud to honor the impact nurses make in providing excellent patient care!
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April 30, 2012
Our involvement with the UAE Ministry of Health in the creation of their future view of health care positions Cerner at the centre of e-health in the UAE. The system we are helping to create and the measurement system will provide the roadmap to help the Ministry of Health reach its destination, it helps to identify barriers and to breakdown the silos of information and processes, as well as reducing the visibility and communication issues that are slowing the transformation of health care.
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April 25, 2012
Yesterday, we held the official groundbreaking ceremony for the new campus we're building in Kansas City, Kan. Below are some pictures from this exciting event.
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April 23, 2012
National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week celebrates medical lab professionals and pathologists. Cerner has deep roots in the lab space (our first solution was developed for the lab), and we're proud to say thank you to the more than 300,000 medical lab professionals around the country.
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April 18, 2012
Earlier today, we announced a collaboration with Advocate Health Care, the Midwest’s largest health system and one of the top health systems in the country, based on clinical performance. Working with Advocate, we’ll develop models that help predict adverse outcomes before they occur – leading to earlier interventions and helping to improve the health of Advocate’s patient population across the continuum of care.
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April 17, 2012
The value of more diverse communities’ using this data may be in the serendipitous opportunities that it creates. Not only will different communities look to new data sets with which to combine the primary data (research networks, and even social networks such as Facebook or Twitter), but they may also approach the problem from new angles.
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April 12, 2012
In part one of this series on the Direct Project, I discussed the backbone transport and message gateway the program uses. In part two, I explored Direct’s security and trust modules and the importance of establishing meaningful trust relationships between HISPs. In this brief, final post, I will define edge protocols and clients and briefly touch on a few policy elements that govern the day-to-day operations of Direct.
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April 10, 2012
In part one of this series, I dissected the Direct Project into discrete modules and provided a relatively in-depth view of the backbone transport and message gateway. In this post, I'll dive into the lifeblood of Direct: security and trust.
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April 06, 2012
Over the past month, I've taken on the daunting task of compiling my knowledge of the technical ins and outs of the Direct Project into an online developer's handbook to assist both my Cerner brethren and third party developers who have chosen Cerner Direct as their full-service health information service provider (HISP). As I looked back over the content, I realized there is a lot of material that is useful to a broader audience in the Direct community. So in the spirit of knowledge sharing, I'm sharing my insight (wisdom?) in a series of blog posts.
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April 03, 2012
In my previous post on talent development, I shared a story about a young man in our Cerner Scholars program and how he was able to attain skills outside of the classroom that will directly impact his ability to secure a job. I’d like to extend this thought and dive deeper into the challenges we face if we don’t squarely tackle the fact that our education system is at risk of becoming obsolete and irrelevant.
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