McLeod Health Selects Cerner’s Enterprisewide Health IT System
September 19 2016 - 9:00AM
McLeod Health, a pre-eminent health care organization that serves
more than 1 million South Carolinians across 15 counties, has
selected Cerner, a global leader in health care technology, to
implement a systemwide electronic health record (EHR) platform.
Cerner will transition the enterprise’s seven acute hospitals and
90 ambulatory facilities from the INVISION® financial and Soarian
clinical platforms to a comprehensive suite of integrated Cerner
health IT solutions.
Cerner’s solutions and services will provide the clinical,
financial and population health management infrastructure,
processes and workflows to support the unique needs of McLeod
Health’s more than 650 physicians and 1,600 nurses as they deliver
a diverse array of services across the continuum of care.
“As a longstanding client of Siemens Health Services, we were
eager for the opportunity to develop a relationship with Cerner
after the acquisition. Since then, Cerner has demonstrated a
commitment to McLeod, and we look forward to entering this new
chapter as a Millennium and HealtheIntent client,” said Rob
Colones, president and CEO, McLeod Health.
Cerner’s Millennium Revenue CycleTM, integrated with the Cerner
Millennium® EHR, results in a Clinically Driven Revenue CycleTM
that is designed to enhance the clinical and financial workflow of
patient care services. Clinicians and staff will be enabled to
streamline the billing process throughout the patient’s visit and
enhance clinical documentation to help improve reimbursements and
limit claims errors. Patients will experience a single bill and
record throughout the health system, direct access to clinical
results and visibility into their financial liability, all through
a single source.
“We selected Cerner’s integrated platform of clinical, financial
and population health management capabilities because we believe
it’s one of the industry’s most robust health IT management
offerings available,” said Jenean Blackmon, senior vice president
and CIO of McLeod Health. “With Cerner, we will provide our
physicians with sophisticated tools to develop a more holistic view
of each individual’s health history by incorporating financial and
community information with the clinical record.”
McLeod Health will also implement HealtheIntentSM, Cerner’s
source-agnostic population health management platform, which is
designed to aggregate and normalize data from multiple sources.
This process establishes a longitudinal record: a comprehensive,
unified view of the individual’s health and care experiences across
the continuum of care. McLeod will use this record to proactively
identify gaps in care and analyze population- and enterprise-level
data through the use of HealtheRegistriesSM and HealtheEDWSM,
Cerner’s registries and scorecards and enterprise data warehouse
solutions.
“McLeod prides itself on continually reviewing and enhancing its
programs, systems and processes with the goal to improve patient
care and experiences. We are proud to continue our relationship and
support this transition with our enhanced health IT foundation,”
said Dick Flanigan, president of Cerner HS.
About McLeod HealthRecognized nationally for
its quality initiatives and methodology, McLeod Health has a
leading regional presence in Northeastern South Carolina and
Southeastern North Carolina and a reputation for dedication to its
patients and their families. McLeod is constantly seeking to
improve its patient care with efforts that are physician led,
data-driven and evidence-based. The 15-county area McLeod
serves, from the midlands to the coast, has a population of more
than one million including those who live in Southeastern North
Carolina.
Founded in 1906, McLeod Health is a locally owned and managed,
not for profit organization supported by the strength of more than
750 members on the medical staff and over 1,800 nurses. In addition
to its modern facilities, premier technology and equipment, McLeod
is dedicated to improving the health of the residents of those
communities it serves. McLeod Health is composed of approximately
7,500 employees and nearly 85 physician practices in ten counties.
With seven hospitals, McLeod Health also operates a Health and
Fitness Center, Sports Medicine and Outpatient Rehabilitation
Center, a Behavioral Health Center, Hospice, and Home Health
Services. The hospitals within McLeod Health include: McLeod
Regional Medical Center, McLeod Darlington, McLeod Dillon, McLeod
Loris, McLeod Seacoast, McLeod Health Cheraw and McLeod Health
Clarendon.
About CernerCerner’s health information
technologies connect people, information and systems at more than
25,000 provider facilities worldwide. Recognized for innovation,
Cerner solutions assist clinicians in making care decisions and
enable organizations to manage the health of populations. The
company also offers an integrated clinical and financial system to
help health care organizations manage revenue, as well as a wide
range of services to support clients’ clinical, financial and
operational needs. Cerner’s mission is to contribute to the
systemic improvement of health care delivery and the health of
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Media Contact:
McLeod Health: Jumana Swindler, jswindler@mcleodhealth.org
Cerner: Angela Vogen, angela.vogen@cerner.com, 816-571-9189
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