Cerner and Advocate Health Care Take Bold Steps to Improve
Patient Health Outcomes and Safety
April 18, 2012
Cerner and Advocate Health Care Take Bold Steps to Improve
Patient Health Outcomes and Safety
KANSAS CITY, Mo., CHICAGO- April 18, 2012 -Today Cerner (Nasdaq: CERN) and the
Midwest's largest health system, Advocate Health Care,
announced a collaboration to create new data-driven models
designed to improve patient health outcomes and safety.
This unique partnership will combine Cerner's health
care technology and data management capability with
Advocate's population risk and clinical integration
expertise, to develop predictive models and advanced
analytic tools to enhance the care of patients across the
entire continuum.
Over the last 10 years, Advocate has earned a reputation as
a national
leader in clinical integration. Together, the
organizations will develop a cloud solution that will
integrate all of Advocate's data silos, including
administrative and electronic health information. This data
will then be used to create predictive models for patient
outcomes before they occur-leading to early interventions.
"This agreement takes our pursuit of excellence in health
outcomes to the next level," said Lee Sacks executive vice
president and chief medical officer, Advocate Health Care.
"Together we are developing a health management platform
that allows us to deliver the best coordinated, quality and
proactive care for our patients."
The partnership will initially focus on predicting and
reducing incidents, such as readmissions and hospital
acquired conditions. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services (CMS) has focused its attention on these
events by introducing financial penalties for poor
performance. The collaboration will progress to develop
health and care delivery models that will strive to prevent
and manage complications from chronic disease.
Overall the partnership will serve as a model for health
care organizations seeking a team-based approach to care
that effectively manages patients across multiple sites of
care.
"The future of health care will be much more precise in
diagnosing the problem, predicting complications and
treating with proven care plans," Neal Patterson, Cerner
chairman, CEO and co-founder said. "The single biggest way
to save substantial dollars in health care is to prevent
things that are avoidable. From a personal perspective, I
want to know my risk factors and what I can do today to
avoid complications or chronic disease in the future."
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.
Cerner® solutions are licensed by approximately
9,300 facilities around the 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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the "Marks") set forth herein are owned by Cerner
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and certain other countries throughout the world. All other
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Media Contact: Kelli Christman, (816) 885-4342, kelli.christman@cerner.com
Investors Contact: Allan Kells, (816) 201-2445, akells@cerner.com
About Advocate Health Care
Advocate Health Care, named among the nation's top health
systems, is the largest health system in Illinois and one
of the largest health care providers in the Midwest.
Advocate operates more than 250 sites of care, including 10
acute care hospitals, two integrated children's hospitals,
five Level I trauma centers (the state's highest
designation in trauma care),two Level II trauma centers,
one of the area's largest home health care companies and
one of the region's largest medical groups. Advocate Health
Care trains more primary care physicians and residents at
its four teaching hospitals than any other health system in
the state. As a not-for-profit, mission-based health system
affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
and the United Church of Christ, Advocate contributed $474
million in charitable care and services to communities
across Chicagoland and Central Illinois in 2010.
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