Cerner Corporation (NASDAQ: CERN), a global health care technology
company, today announced it’s building on the recent collaboration
with Xealth to offer health systems new centralized digital
ordering and monitoring for clients. These capabilities are
designed to help health systems choose, manage and deploy digital
tools and applications while offering clinicians access to remote
monitoring and more direct engagement with patients. Phoenix-based
Banner Health, one of the country’s largest nonprofit hospital
systems, is one of the first Cerner clients to use the new
capabilities to benefit its clinicians and patients.
With the new capabilities, health systems can prescribe digital
therapeutics, smart phones and internet applications to address
areas such as chronic disease management, behavioral health,
maternity care and surgery prep. This access to a more holistic
view of the organization’s digital health solutions supports the
clinical decisions doctors make every day and provides real
opportunities to improve medical outcomes and enhance efficiency,
meet increasing demand for telehealth and offer remote patient
monitoring. For example, the new capabilities can help simplify how
clinicians prescribe tools such as mobile mental health apps to
monitor anxiety triggers or a glucose device to help trace blood
sugar levels for diabetes patients.
“As digital tools are increasingly included in care plans,
health systems seek a way to organize and oversee their use across
the health system. We anticipate the emergence of digital and
therapeutic committees to govern digital tool selection similar to
how pharmacy and therapeutic committees have historically governed
medication formularies,” said David Bradshaw, senior vice
president, Consumer and Employer Solutions, Cerner. “Digital health
has extraordinary potential to reshape the way we care for patients
and, working with Xealth, we are answering the need and helping
providers create more engaging and effective patient
experiences.”
Digital health has great potential to make an immediate
difference, especially as it relates to automating patient
education, delivering virtual care, supporting telehealth and
offering remote patient monitoring. Health systems with a digital
health program and strategy in place have the ability to respond
faster and more efficiently.
“Banner Health is known for providing leadership and embracing
technology to improve patient care in this rapidly transforming
health care environment,” said Scott Nordlund, chief strategy and
growth officer, Banner Health. “Our patients expect to be treated
like consumers. Mindful of that expectation, we are utilizing new
capabilities and expanding our formulary to make digital health
easier for our doctors to deploy and monitor. We are pleased that
Cerner and Xealth hold the same beliefs as key partners supporting
both our care goals and our mission to make health care easier so
life can be better.”
Digital solutions will be available in a single location in the
electronic health record where health systems can use applications
based on clinical and financial metrics. A wide array of digital
health tools is integrated with Xealth’s offering today and the
list is ever-growing. Early examples of companies that have
previously deployed in health systems using Xealth include
Babyscripts, Glooko, SilverCloud Health, Welldoc, as well as
Healthwise Inc., GetWellNetwork and ResMed that have existing
relationships with Cerner.
“Now, more than ever, extending care teams to meet patients
where they are is critical,” said Mike McSherry, CEO and
co-founder, Xealth. “As digital health programs roll out, they
should elevate both the patient and provider experience. Cerner
building out a digital formulary, with Xealth at its core, is
listening to its strong clinician base by delivering tools to
enhance patient care, without adding additional steps for the care
team.”
About CernerCerner’s health technologies
connect people and information systems at 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,
visit Cerner.com, The Cerner Blog or connect
on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter or The
Cerner Podcast. Nasdaq: CERN. Health care is too
important to stay the same.
About Banner HealthAs one of
the largest nonprofit health care systems in the country, the team
at Banner Health is committed to providing high-quality, safe
health care services, supported by sophisticated technology
platforms to operate its business. Headquartered in Phoenix, Banner
Health owns and operates 28 hospitals and an array of other
services, including: Banner Imaging, Banner Telehealth and Banner
Urgent Care. Banner employs nearly 3,000 physicians and advanced
practice providers to support its outpatient clinic operations
across six-states, including Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming, Nevada,
California and Nebraska, and also operates two academic medical
centers in Phoenix and Tucson Arizona. Team members are dedicated
to protecting the health and safety of patients, be it a routine
checkup, elective surgery, or an urgent/emergent health service.
Waiting room and employee workstation layouts maintain proper
social distancing; screenings are conducted at hospital entrances
to verify that all employees and visitors are well; and, all Banner
physicians are equipped to visit patients remotely. Learn more
about Banner's commitment to safety
at bannerhealth.com/safecare.
About XealthXealth scales
digital health programs, enabling clinicians to integrate,
prescribe and monitor digital health tools for patients to drive
engagement and utilization. Through the secure Xealth platform,
clinicians can find and order the right digital health tools and
programs for patients direct from the EHR workflow, send these
digital health orders to the patient’s email or patient portal, and
then monitor activity. Xealth spun out of Providence St. Joseph
Health (PSJH) in 2017, and investors include Atrium Health,
Cleveland Clinic, MemorialCare Innovation Fund, McKesson Ventures,
Novartis, Philips, and ResMed as well as Providence Ventures, UPMC
and the Froedtert and Medical College of Wisconsin Health
Network.
For more information, visit www.xealth.com or follow us on
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Media Contacts:
CernerAustin Cozzolino, External
Communications, (816) 446-1280, austin.cozzolino@cerner.com
XealthCynthia Church, (304) 771-5755,
cynthia.church@xealth.com
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