Engage Users for Effective EHR Training

As a training specialist with over 20 Cerner Go-Lives under my belt, I have worked with thousands of individuals in healthcare organizations to ensure they were trained and ready to transition to a new electronic health records solution. And not surprisingly, I have encountered some reluctant students over the years. Some healthcare professionals claim to […]

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The Ultimate Guide to CHC18 — The Cerner Health Conference 2018

The Cerner Health Conference will take place in Kansas City from Oct 8-11th, bringing professional insight on the latest innovations in healthcare and information technology. This year’s conference, topping out at 90,000 square feet (bring comfortable shoes!), is packed with exciting features to help you stay ahead of the game and up to date on […]

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The Urgency of Interoperability

The word “interoperability” means different things to different people. By definition in the IT world it is the ability of computer systems or software to exchange and make use of information. While most healthcare providers want and understand the importance of EHR interoperability, most also say (according to this 2017 survey) that current interoperability solutions […]

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New Hires Add Deep Cerner Experience at Healthcare IT Leaders

Healthcare IT Leaders today announced the hire of three Cerner-experienced consulting executives to further enhance the firm’s fast-growing Cerner consulting practice: Ken Boyett, General Manager, Cerner Practice Ken offers our clients unmatched perspective and experience gained from a 26-year career at Cerner Corporation, where he worked directly with founder Neil Patterson and other long-tenured executives […]

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6 Things to Look For at the Cerner Health Conference (CHC ’16)

Cerner innovations and client success stories take center stage in Kansas City from Nov 14 -17 at the 31st Cerner Health Conference (CHC). Some 340 diverse education sessions are planned, the majority of which will be led by Cerner clients. If you’re a registered attendee, you should download the conference mobile app in advance to plot out your […]

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What is Cerner HealtheIntent?

Cerner HealtheIntent is a cloud-based, programmable population health management platform that is vendor-agnostic, which means it can receive data from any EHR, existing HIT system and other data sources, such as pharmacy benefits managers or insurance claims. The near real-time platform enables health care systems to aggregate, transform and reconcile data across the continuum of […]

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Population Health, Mergers Are Key Revenue Cycle Management Trends

Hospitals evaluating their revenue cycle management strategies may wish they had a crystal ball at their disposal. Healthcare IT Leaders National Accounts Director Joe Mauro says institutions are trying to predict the impact of Accountable Care reimbursement models as they plan for the future. “We’re moving away from fee-for-service to a model where hospitals get paid […]

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10 Cerner Accounts to Follow on Twitter

In our quest to find the best Cerner-focused Twitter accounts, we found a lot of Cerner employees—and a lot of tweeting about Kansas City barbeque and the World Champion Royals baseball team. But we also found plenty of great content about the company and its offerings, Cerner’s innovation at its client hospitals, and some executive […]

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Cerner Corporation, By the Numbers

Cerner Corporation, by almost any measure, is on a roll. The world’s largest publicly traded health information technology company recently announced record results for 2015—its best year ever in terms of bookings, revenue and new business. Last year saw Cerner acquire a major rival, Siemens AG, and outbid another rival, Epic Systems, to win the […]

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4 Reasons the Cerner Consultant Job Market is Hot

Cerner consultants and other health IT contractors understand their marketability is strongly linked to the relative popularity of the vendor software that they’re trained on. Epic consultants have seen their stock rise over the past five years, in parallel with Epic market share, while consultants skilled in other EMRs, like McKesson, have seen opportunities shrink. […]

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5 Health IT Giants Expanding and Adding New Tech Jobs

Job growth in 2016 is being sparked by the healthcare and technology sectors, and some of the biggest and best-known employers in health IT are leading the way. Below are five major health IT companies with aggressive expansion and hiring plans for tech jobs. Cerner Corporation Cerner Corporation’s ongoing expansion of its headquarters is being called […]

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The 9 Best HIT Quotes from HIMSS16

In case you missed it, the 2016 HIMSS Conference and Exhibition was Feb. 29 – March 4 in Las Vegas, where 41,885 health IT professionals and enthusiasts descended on the Venetian, Palazzo and Sands Expo Center to hear industry leaders speak on the past, present and future of health IT. The event kicked off as […]

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