Cerner and VA Achieve Historic Milestone for Veteran Health Care
October 26 2020 - 3:23PM
Cerner Corporation (Nasdaq: CERN), a global health care technology
company, today announced the historic and successful first
deployment of a modern electronic health record (EHR) at
Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center in Spokane, WA. This is the first
time in history three federal departments are using the same EHR —
a historic milestone toward improving the secure and seamless
exchange of health information across the federal government.
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) now joins the Department
of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Homeland Security, via the
U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), in the successful deployment of
Cerner-powered technology that will create a single health record
for 18 million Service members, Veterans plus their family members.
The technology is designed to provide Service members a smoother
transition when they leave active duty, as well as provide VA
clinicians the information they need to help Veterans get quality
individualized care.
In addition to the Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center, the EHR
was implemented at its four community-based outpatient clinics
across Washington, Montana and Idaho, as well as the West
Consolidated Patient Account Center, a VA business operations
facility in Las Vegas.
“We’re honored to join VA, DOD and Coast Guard in their mission
to provide better health care for Service members and Veterans,”
said Brent Shafer, chairman and CEO, Cerner. “We share a sharp
focus on interoperability that delivers data where it needs to go,
regardless of its origination. These federal modernization programs
will not only transform care, but they have the power to launch
innovations that could shape the future of health care for
everyone.”
VA’s Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) and the DoD
Healthcare Management System Modernization (DHMSM) programs enable
improved health care delivery across the industry, including high
cybersecurity standards and innovative approaches to standardizing
health data and clinical workflows.
“This new system is much more than an EHR,” said Travis Dalton,
president, Cerner Government Services. “It is a platform to help
drive interoperability across the continuum of care and ensure data
flows between federal agencies and to commercial
partners. This can help improve health outcomes, create public
health infrastructure, enable more effective predictive clinical
models and create better informed research critical to solving some
of the nation’s most pressing health challenges, such as suicide
and the opioid epidemic. Though there is still much work to be
done, this go-live, along with the deployment of Cerner’s
Centralized Scheduling Solution at Columbus and joint health
information exchange are key proof points that EHRM is and will
continue to be a success. We congratulate VA on this historic
achievement and are proud to support this momentous
initiative.”
Since 2019 and throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Cerner and its
federal clients achieved other milestones including:
- One of the most comprehensive health data migrations in
history.
- Launch of the new joint health information exchange, powered by
Cerner.
- Successful deployment of the Centralized Scheduling Solution,
at the VA Central Ohio Healthcare System, replacing Epic’s Medical
Appointment Scheduling System (MASS).
- Expansion of DOD, VA and USCG new joint HIE - connecting with
the CommonWell Health Alliance™ nationwide network - adding more
than 15,000 hospitals and clinics to the HIE.
- Deployment of DOD’s MHS GENESIS to additional 10 sites and the
USCG goes live at first four sites.
About CernerCerner’s health technologies
connect people and information systems in thousands of contracted
provider facilities worldwide dedicated to creating smarter and
better care for individuals and communities. Recognized globally
for innovation, Cerner assists clinicians in making care decisions
and assists organizations in managing the health of their
populations. The company also offers an integrated clinical and
financial system to help manage day-to-day revenue functions, as
well as a wide range of services to support clinical, financial and
operational needs, focused on people. For more information,
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