During a recent Scottsdale Institute Population Health Summit, health care executives from a variety of organizations came together to discuss the state of the industry, including current challenges, lessons learned and what’s next.
https://www.cerner.com/perspectives/4-considerations-fee-for-service-model
AwardsLEAN thinking is making its way into the healthcare industry. What does adopting a LEAN management practice mean for a healthcare system? In this blog, we’ll dive into a few of the key LEAN strategies that any healthcare organization can think about adding to their quality improvement program.
https://www.cerner.com/perspectives/lean-tools-for-health-care-efficiency
AwardsHealth care organizations must continually evolve at the rapid pace of technological advancement to provide high-quality, patient-centered care. In this episode of The Cerner Podcast, David Chou, vice president and chief information and digital officer at Children’s Mercy in Kansas City, offers his insights on digital transformation in health care and strategies for the future. Children’s Mercy is one of the nation's top pediatric medical centers, with not-for-profit hospitals in Missouri and Kansas.
https://www.cerner.com/perspectives/childrens-mercy-david-chou-cerner-podcast
AwardsWhen was the last time there were people dancing at work? I remember seeing some sweet dance moves in 2014 when Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it was going to push the transition from International Classification of Diseases ninth revision (ICD-9) to ICD 10th revision (ICD-10) for the billing of diagnosis and procedures for one more year.
https://www.cerner.com/perspectives/how-health-care-systems-can-prepare-for-2018-regulatory-updates
AwardsWhen we talk about social determinants of health (SDOH) and their influence on patients’ health status, we’re including factors like neighborhood, race, income, access to transportation and education level.
https://www.cerner.com/perspectives/using-social-determinants-health-data-improve-patient-outcomes
AwardsAs we head into 2018, revisit these 10 blogs featuring insights from thought leaders and unique industry perspectives.
https://www.cerner.com/perspectives/10-cant-miss-cerner-blogs-from-2017
AwardsUnion General Hospital, Inc. has selected Cerner to implement an integrated electronic health record and revenue cycle management system across its acute and ambulatory facilities
https://www.cerner.com/perspectives/union-general-selects-cerner-communityworks
AwardsThe industry is shifting from reactive sick care to proactive health management, from fragmented niche care to a cross-continuum care system and from reward for volume to reward for quality, efficiency and safety.
https://www.cerner.com/perspectives/8-health-it-trends-to-watch-in-2018
AwardsFollowing a six-month evaluation process by a 35-member advisory committee, St. John’s Medical Center has selected Cerner as the provider for its electronic health records (EHR).
https://www.cerner.com/perspectives/cerner-selected-as-medical-centers-new-ehr-provider
AwardsOn this episode of The Cerner Podcast, we hear from Dr. Seth Krevat, assistant vice president for Safety at MedStar Health and a faculty associate at MedStar Health’s National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare.
https://www.cerner.com/perspectives/episode-49-seth-krevat
AwardsAt the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) Annual Meeting, Dr. Don Rucker, the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, highlighted the importance of the 21st Century Cures Act (the Cures Act) in improving interoperability.
https://www.cerner.com/perspectives/standards-based-apis-starting-point-for-21st-century-cures
AwardsIoT is a network of devices, technologies and databases embedded with software, sensors and connectivity that enable greater value and insight by exchanging data with other devices or with a central location.
https://www.cerner.com/perspectives/the-internet-of-things
AwardsIn order to help curb drug abuse, almost all states have created prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMP) that collect, monitor and analyze electronically transmitted prescribing and dispensing data. Some state legislators, which includes some Missouri lawmakers, refuse to support PDMPs due to privacy concerns.
https://www.cerner.com/perspectives/leveraging-pdmps-to-curb-drug-abuse
Awardshttps://www.cerner.com/perspectives/data-driven-decisions-empower-value-in-health-care-systems
AwardsThe Substitutable Medical Apps & Reusable Technology (SMART) Health IT platform and Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) have utilized open standards to help advance health IT, fostering collaboration and lowering the barrier for innovation.
https://www.cerner.com/perspectives/episode-50-dr-josh-mandel
AwardsFact: Right now, America is facing an opioid epidemic. We know this because we’ve seen the numbers. Americans consume 80 percent of the world’s opioid supply, and 142 citizens die every day from drug overdoses. Since 2000, the mortality rate for opioid overdoses has risen over 200 percent.
https://www.cerner.com/perspectives/fighting-the-opioid-epidemic-with-predictive-analytics
AwardsSheridan Community Hospital (SCH) has selected Cerner to implement an integrated electronic health record (EHR) and revenue cycle management system across its acute and ambulatory facilities.
Awardshttps://www.cerner.com/perspectives/icu-medical-pca-millennium-ehr-integration
AwardsWhen I tell people that I work within User Experience (UX) at a health IT (HIT) company, I occasionally get a small degree of bewilderment as a reaction. UX is a concept very commonly associated with everything from mobile app design to website interfaces and even the video game industry.
https://www.cerner.com/perspectives/6-ux-design-principles-for-health-it
AwardsCerner CEO Brent Shafer shares his thoughts on the importance of interoperability and the ONC ruling
https://www.cerner.com/perspectives/opinion-editorial-health-care-is-too-important-to-stay-the-same
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