Cerner and Nevada, Mo., Launch Healthy Nevada Project
July 23, 2012
Cerner and Nevada, Mo., Launch Healthy Nevada Project
Project to cut costs, improve quality and accessibility for rural health
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — July 23, 2012 — Cerner (Nasdaq: CERN) has announced a partnership
with the city of Nevada, Mo., to build a
new model of health and care that will seamlessly integrate the two
environments and create a Healthy Nevada. The
project will aim to increase Vernon County and Nevada’s ranking in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation annual report from the bottom
third to the top third over the next five years. Currently the county ranks 88
out of 115 counties in Missouri for health outcomes and 77 for health factors.
The project will focus on creating a culture of health in the community
through education, incentives, infrastructure and partnerships with
stakeholders such as the Nevada school district, local employers and community
organizations like the Nevada Housing Authority. It will also work to further digitize
the health care community in Nevada, including the deployment of Cerner’s CommunityWorks™ model at Nevada Regional Medical Center.
“By digitizing our entire health care community, we are creating an
environment that will allow for integrated communication among all providers,
regardless of their EHR [electronic health record] system,” said Judy Feuquay,
CEO of Nevada Regional Medical Center. “Eventually, all residents of Nevada
will have access to their health information regardless of where they are or
which provider they see.”
Creating an infrastructure that enables and encourages healthy choices
will play a major role in contributing to the improvement of Nevada’s health
status rankings by:
- Improving the
city layout through initiatives like increasing ADA
accessible sidewalks and adding bike lanes.
- Partnering with
local restaurants and grocery stores to offer healthy choices.
- Encouraging
healthy eating and activity with walk to work/school programs, healthy
snack carts, easily accessible Farmer’s Markets and community gardens.
“Nevada recognizes that health and wellness are fundamental quality of
life issues essential to our economic prosperity,” said JD Kehrman, Nevada city
manager. “The intent of this project is to make the healthy choice the easy
choice, ultimately giving our residents more options, more choices and more
control over their health and care.”
In addition, the Healthy Nevada project aims to decrease 10 percent of
the current health care spend in Vernon County by decreasing the demand for
services by placing an emphasis on health, wellness and prevention.
“A project of this scope and size has never been done before,” said Jeff
Townsend, Cerner executive VP and chief of staff. “Cerner has a history of
entrepreneurial advocacy and a passion for improving rural health with
innovations that reduce cost and improve access and quality. Our goal is to see
how quickly we can impact the cost, accessibility and quality of health and
care to create a replicable and sustainable model for other communities across
the U.S.”
About Cerner
Cerner is contributing to the systemic change
of health and care delivery. For more than 30 years Cerner has been executing
its vision to make health care safer and more efficient. We started with the
foundation of digitizing paper processes and now offer the most comprehensive
array of information software, professional services, medical device integration,
remote hosting and employer health and wellness services. Cerner systems are
used by everyone from individual consumers, to single-doctor practices,
hospitals, employers and entire countries. Taking what we’ve learned over more
than three decades, Cerner is building on the knowledge that is in the system
to support evidence-based clinical decisions, prevent medical errors and
empower patients in their care.
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world, including more than 2,650 hospitals; 3,750 physician practices; 40,000
physicians; 500 ambulatory facilities, such as laboratories, ambulatory
centers, cardiac facilities, radiology clinics and surgery centers; 800 home
health facilities; 40 employer sites and 1,600 retail pharmacies.
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