North Kansas City Hospital leverages Cerner technology to expedite COVID-19 vaccine distribution
https://www.cerner.com/client-achievements/north-kc-covid-vaccine-distribution
Proactive program keeps patients on top of medication refills during pandemic
Children’s Hospital of Orange County receives second HIMSS Davies Award
https://www.cerner.com/client-achievements/choc-second-davies-award
While dealing with low patient volumes and a hybrid workforce, Children’s National Hospital implemented a clinically driven revenue cycle and simultaneously managed its legacy accounts receivable (A/R) system.
One step leaders at Banner Health are taking to improve efficiency at their outpatient clinics is streamlining their adult intake form.
Collaborative approach guides virtual desktop infrastructure project, supporting caregivers’ efficiency and satisfaction
Through an optimization process at University of Missouri Health Care, the health system and Cerner worked together to standardize procedures, reducing costs by more than $55,000.
Clinicians at Universal Health Services have developed an innovative tool to ensure patients who need an alternate feeding method get the right nutrients.
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research receive HIMSS Enterprise Davies Award of Excellence for proving it provides excellent care utilizing health information technology.
Other efforts in the health system included alerts, education and clinical decision support which helped lower the number of opioid prescriptions given to patients.
With more health care services becoming digital, Banner Health is taking advantage of allowing third-party companies to fully interact within its electronic health record.
Cerner Transition Services helped critical-access hospital decrease average A/R days, standard delay and ready-to-bill days following revenue cycle implementation.
The Asheville, N.C.-based health system added Cerner Patient Observer to six neurosciences unit patient beds in August 2015. During the study, the average falls rate – as measured per 1,000 patient days of care – dropped from four per month to zero.
https://www.cerner.com/client-achievements/mission-health-reduces-falls-to-zero
Cerner helped Lakeland Regional Health with the first round of an optimization project. Afterward, health system leaders took the lessons learned and continued the process.
When it came to following up on abnormal lab results taken in the emergency department (ED), nurses at Sharp HealthCare spent too much time printing charts, collecting handwritten information and preparing packets for physicians.
While most of the U.S. health care market inches toward value-based care, Roper St. Francis Healthcare in Charleston, South Carolina, has fully adopted the payment model as part of its more than 150-year-old mission: “Healing all people with compassion, faith and excellence.”
Leaders at Clara Barton Hospital & Clinics in Hoisington, Kansas, recognize the role of revenue cycle stability in the critical access hospital’s continued vitality.
https://www.cerner.com/client-achievements/stable-revenue-cycle-at-clara-barton
When the COVID-19 pandemic landed in the U.S., and health system leaders’ financial concerns increased, Macon Community Hospital (MCH) chose not only to switch revenue cycle solutions in the middle of it but chose to do it virtually.
A tweak to the EHR prevented residents and fellows from signing certain notes without first identifying an attending physician to forward them to. The change helped end frustrations among clinicians and the billing department.
Nearly 70% of the U.S. adult population does not have a plan for end-of-life care. Intermountain Healthcare recognized the need to improve the quality of advance care planning to know and honor the wishes of the patients they serve.