242 Cerner Testimonials

“Our IT partner, Cerner ITWorks, is completely integrated with our staff and that close collaboration is key to our ability to leverage IT when it comes to patient care."

"Breastfeeding has lots of benefits both for the mother and the baby. Among those are emotional brain development, and it boosts the baby’s immune system. But it also helps the mother; it reduces many diseases like ovarian and breast cancer."

"One of the biggest goals was getting all of our nurses to go to the same place, using a consistent workflow approach in the EHR to get care plans. We sat down and thought, ‘What is the easiest way to get this documentation?’"

"Having autoverification has been a big help for us. We decided to implement autoverification in order to improve our workflow and processes."

"Patient safety is always a top priority, especially caring for our increasingly more acute patients. We sought innovative ways to address fall prevention while better utilizing staff. The implementation of eSitter showed immediate positive results in a number of ways. Not only has the number of restraints been reduced, staff productivity has increased and overall labor costs have been significantly decreased."

"Cerner Patient Observer (eSitter) is technology that allows us to monitor up to 12 patients at a time with one staff member at a centralized monitoring station. It has allowed us to put more falls-risks patients under observation while avoiding the cost of additional sitters, and we’ve seen a reduction in patient falls as a result."

"We have pre-recorded messages in multiple languages asking the patient to stay in bed."

"In ambulatory practices, productivity is usually a combination of things. It’s how many patients per day you can see. It also includes the complexity of the visit, so the more complex the visit is, the higher the level of care, which translates into higher productivity."

"Revising how we train providers to use PowerChart Ambulatory has increased user satisfaction and productivity. Providers learn best when they’re trained closer to implementation and we’ve moved from a passive didactic approach to a clinically focused, problem-based curriculum. We’ve also implemented a mock go-live with scripted patient encounters that enable physicians and trainers to identify gaps in knowledge and readiness."

"It’s a really important component that we have clinicians working in eHealth and technology. We need to allow clinicians to have a voice; we need the technology sector to hear and to respond to that, and then put it together in a way that ultimately improves our patient outcomes and efficiencies."

"Our medication reconciliation on admission hovered around seven to 10 percent within 24 hours in 2013."

"In terms of the revenue cycle, it does help with cost. We don’t have to print reams of paper that we present to patients when they come in. The process is now more seamless."

"eSignature gives our patients the ability to sign their forms in an electronic format on an iPad. It presents the forms that are applicable to them, and then they sign electronically. It eliminates the need to hand them a piece of paper that we have to scan into the system and then destroy, so there's a savings for us as well."

"Now the information is linked, we know that 100 percent of children will have been automatically checked on arrival,4 even in our busy Accident and Emergency. All staff can clearly see on the child’s electronic record if there is further safeguarding information available."

"Communication between teams is vital. Using technology allows us to increase communication, better assess patients, and ultimately, make significant improvements in patient outcomes."