May 15, 2013
THANK YOU to all of our amazing entries for the Nurses Week contest. We are honored to get to work with such inspiring nurses and organizations each and every day. More than 20 Cerner clients from around the world submitted a testimonial on how they are using technology to deliver quality and innovative patient care. More than 1,600 people voted for their favorite entry.
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May 01, 2013
Created in 2009, uCern is our suite of collaboration tools that help close the communications loop and decrease the time between discovery and adoption.
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April 30, 2013
Earlier this month, Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota was honored with the Way Paver Award for Institutional Achievement for implementing a barcode point-of-care (BPOC) system for neonatal and pediatric care. The award recognized the culmination of a concerted effort by Children's Minnesota to improve the safety of IV medication administration to pediatric patients.
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April 22, 2013
Join Cerner in celebrating National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week 2013.
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April 19, 2013
East Jefferson General Hospital (EJGH) is a 450-bed, state-of the-art community hospital that serves the greater New Orleans region, served by a staff of more than 3,000, including more than 650 physicians. With a focus on patient-centered care, EJGH was recognized with its third consecutive American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet designation and was the first Magnet organization in Louisiana.
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April 09, 2013
The week, the Wall Street Journal published an article examining the per-person cost of health care by state in the United States. The data, from 2009 (latest data available), showed that health care spending averaged $6,815 per person. However, the costs vary widely from state to state, ranging from more than $10,000 per person in Washington, D.C., to just over $5,000 per person in Utah.
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April 01, 2013
Late last month, Cerner announced a new population health management collaboration with Advocate Physician Partners. We were proud to have Mike Englehart, president, Advocate Physician Partners, and Dr. Rishi Sikka, vice president of clinical transformation, Advocate Health Care, on stage with us at our recent investment community meeting at HIMSS13 to discuss what this collaboration will mean for the industry.
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March 21, 2013
Earlier this week, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute released the 2013 County Health Rankings. These rankings help illustrate what makes residents living in almost every county in the United States sick or healthy, and how counties in each state compare with one another.
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March 13, 2013
The HIMSS/WEDI ICD-10 National Pilot Program is a unique opportunity for providers and their billing services to test the changes they and their vendors have made for ICD-10 and see what impact the change to ICD-10 codes will have on claims submitted to health plans.
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March 07, 2013
Here are the highlights from Day Three of HIMSS13.
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March 06, 2013
Day Two at HIMSS13 started off with an excellent keynote address from Eric Topol, MD, director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute.
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March 04, 2013
Day one of HIMSS13 is officially in the books, and what a day it was. From an industry-shaking interoperability announcement in the morning, to a significant revenue cycle partnership notice in the afternoon, and ending with a great party this evening, it was a great first day here in New Orleans.
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