“Healthcare in 2020 will be about managing for the best possible health outcome over a lifetime. The personalized electronic health record is the cornerstone.”
Neal Patterson -- Chairman & CEO Cerner Corp.

The ABC's of Systemic Healthcare

In the United States, growth in healthcare expenditures has outpaced the rest of the economy for the past forty years, and healthcare expenditures now represent more than 16% of the GDP.  All forecasts expect this differential to continue with no end in sight.  The need to slow or reverse the growth in healthcare costs is compelling; especially over the next thirty years as the baby boomers drive significant growth in healthcare resource utilization.  President Obama recently said that the state of healthcare in the United States is “part of the [economic] emergency,” and that reform must be “intimately woven into our overall economic recovery plan.”  It is our belief that a strategic investment in information technology (IT) can realize up to a $500 billion annual reduction in healthcare expenditures.  This generational opportunity to reconfigure the elements of our healthcare system must be seized.  

Learn more about the ABC's of Systemic Healthcare Reform. 

Transformation to Person-Centric Healthcare

In the current state of the global health economy and information age, consumers have greater control over their health decisions than in the past. However, finding sustainable strategies to provide quality, accessible and affordable health services can be challenging for stakeholders in all markets. Cerner is committed to giving consumers true control over their healthcare through the use of electronic health records. By supporting consumer control and the needs of our clients, we are ultimately improving quality in the healthcare system.  Cerner’s focus on quality centers on the following initiatives:

• Global digital backbone and the use of data to improve care 
• Wellness, prevention and chronic disease management 
• Personalized and evidence based medicine 
• Transparency of quality and price moving the market

Corporate citizenship initiatives matter. Learn more about what we’re doing to support health and wellness, STEM Education Initiatives and regional economic development emphasized on life science.

Cerner Government and Industry contacts:

• Daryl Sanford, GM, Federal Client Development,
  Daryl.Sanford@Cerner.com 
• Jeff Bloemker, Manager, Government and Industry Relations
  Jeff.Bloemker@Cerner.com