Cerner to Highlight Commitment to Interoperability at HIMSS15

Cerner, Clients to Demonstrate SMART on FHIR, Deliver Education Sessions and Participate in Interoperability Showcase

April 08, 2015--KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 8, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cerner Corp. will showcase its commitment to advancing health care interoperability across organizational, supplier and geographic boundaries at HIMSS15, April 12-16, at McCormick Place in Chicago.

"Cerner has long been committed to connecting organizations and systems, regardless of platform or provider, to ensure the free flow of data across the continuum of care," said Zane Burke, president, Cerner. "Across multiple HIMSS engagements, we look forward to sharing our story of connected health care and the importance of true, industry-wide interoperability."

Cerner Booth 913

Several areas within the Cerner booth will illustrate interoperability regardless of solution, provider or location, as well as demonstrations of standards-based frameworks that enable information to be easily accessed from within electronic health records (EHRs).

• SMART on FHIR Demonstrations

Cerner will demonstrate how it uses Substitutable Medical Applications & Reusable Technology (SMART®) and Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (HL7® FHIR®) to create a platform for innovation. Software developers can create applications to integrate information with the health record. Cerner will showcase its collaborations using SMART and FHIR with the following health care organizations and industry collaborators:

• Boston Children's Hospital
• Intermountain Healthcare
• CommonWell Health Alliance®
• Healthwise®
• MDAgree™
• Meducation by Polyglot
• OSIA Medical
• The Advisory Board Company
• Visual Dx®
• xG Health Solutions™
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• Interoperability Strategies

Interoperability happens when patient information can move freely among different systems without barriers. Cerner will showcase solutions that help organizations advance their interoperability goals within the community and beyond.

• Local Information Exchange

Cerner solutions securely connect care providers within a community with other providers and practices outside their organization. Cerner will showcase its solutions that make it easier for providers in the community to refer patients, send information to area laboratories and communicate with other practices. Cerner interoperability solutions securely connect these organizations to share information and collaborate electronically with other care providers.

• Regional and Organizational Information Exchange

Whether it's a local Health Information Exchange (HIE), a state immunization registry or an organizational information exchange network among different facilities, Cerner solutions help health care facilities connect with each other. Cerner solutions provide the capability to share many types of clinical information, including electronic orders, results, clinical documents, images, immunizations and prescriptions.

• National Information Exchange

Cerner is a founding member of the CommonWell Health Alliance, an organization committed to enabling nationwide interoperability. Within the Cerner booth, and at the CommonWell booth (3960), Cerner will demonstrate how CommonWell enables people to give providers access to their health information.

• Client Achievements

Cerner client Northern Arizona Healthcare will present in the Cerner booth about its journey to achieving interoperability, including its plans to use CommonWell services.

3 to 4 p.m.(all times CT), Monday, April 13
Cullen Linn, director of planning and integration, Northern Arizona Healthcare

CommonWell Health Alliance Booth 3960

Cerner, along with other CommonWell members, will demonstrate broad data sharing at a national level to show processes for patient enrollment, record location, privacy and consent and how information is shared securely across organizations.

• Monday, April 13
• Noon – Member workflow demos
• 2:30 p.m. – Member roundtable – CommonWell Update & Plans
• 4 p.m. – Member workflow demos
• 5 p.m. – FHIR demo
• Tuesday, April 14
• 11 a.m. – Member workflow demos
• 1 p.m. – Member workflow demos
• 2:30 p.m. – FHIR demo
• Wednesday, April 15
• 10 a.m. – Member workflow demos
• 11:30 a.m. – FHIR demo
• 2:30 p.m. – Member workflow demos

To learn more about the CommonWell Health Alliance visit the Cerner.com blog.

Education Session

Dr. David McCallie, Cerner, and Dr. Stanley Huff, FACMI, Intermountain Healthcare, will co-present on Extending the EHR Platform with Open Apps & Services. They will demonstrate multiple independently authorized applications running against commercial EHRs as well as other health information technology systems. Dr. McCallie and Dr. Huff also will show applications that visualize clinical data, provide decision support and integrate clinical data with external sources, including population health and HIE data.

The session will be from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, April 15, in Room N426 at McCormick Place.

Interoperability Showcase Booth 2084

In partnership with IHE, Cerner is a sponsor of the Interoperability Showcase, a live, interactive demonstration where Cerner and other health IT providers will collaborate to maximize the collective impact of their technologies.

Attendees will tour one of four health journeys to explore multiple use cases for standards-based health information exchange. Cerner will demonstrate its ability to connect with other systems at the following kiosks in the interoperability showcase:

• Cerner MobileMD® – Solution for enterprise HIE and provider portal
• Cerner Clinical Exchange Platform – Solution for regional and state HIE needs
• Cerner CareAware iBus™ 5.2.3 – Medical device connectivity
• ONC and FHA Technology Showcase – Cerner client use cases for HIE, featuring Georgia Regional Academic Community Health Information Exchange (GRAChIE) and Coordinated Care Oklahoma (CCO)
• SMART – Cerner demonstrations and Q& A on SMART-on-FHIR
• 3 to 4 p.m., Monday, April 13
• 5 to 6 p.m., Tuesday, April 14
• 11 a.m. to Noon, Wednesday, April 15
• National Association for Trusted Exchange – Blue Button and consumer enablement
• Appriss® – Solutions for curbing prescription drug abuse utilizing Prescription Drug Monitoring Program data and NARxCHECK analytics
• Dignity Health – Solutions for HIE

Additionally, attendees can participate in scheduled Interoperability Showcase theatre presentations from Cerner and its clients at the following times:

• The Power of Cerner HIE in Georgia and Oklahoma

3:30 to 4 p.m., Tuesday, April 14

Cerner clients Tara Cramer, executive director, Georgia Regional Academic Community Health Information Exchange (GRAChIE) and Dr. Rodolfo Alzarez del Castillo, CMO, Coordinated Care Oklahoma, will discuss how they use Cerner's HIE offering to advance interoperability within their regions.

To learn more about GRAChIE increasing its system utilization by 638 percent in 10 months, visit the Cerner.com blog.

• Cerner Interoperability: Connecting the Information Ecosystem

1:30 to 2 p.m., Wednesday, April 15

Joanne Burns, senior vice president and chief strategy officer, Cerner, will share her personal experience with the disconnect in health care and the importance of connecting the information ecosystem to reduce the burden on patients and their families to share their medical records across different care venues and providers.

Burns will outline Cerner's approach to interoperability and discuss strategies to ensure information flows freely across device, organizational, vendor and geographic barriers.

Networking Opportunities

Cerner clients and executives will be sharing their perspectives on interoperability through the following HIMSS-sponsored events:

• HIMSS Interoperability & Standards Breakfast Panel

7 to 9 a.m., Tuesday, April 14, in the Interoperability Showcase Education Theater

Cerner is sponsoring the panel, which includes speakers from the ONC, Northern Arizona Healthcare, Intermountain Healthcare, MedAllies, University of Kentucky Healthcare and ICSA Labs. Panelists will discuss hot topics within the industry, including nationwide interoperability, accelerating open platforms, certification and overcoming interoperability barriers.

• IHE USA Interoperability Breakfast Panel: Cybersecurity and Interoperability - Working Together for Patient Safety

7:30 to 9 a.m., Wednesday, April 15, in the Interoperability Showcase

Cerner will participate in the CareFusion-sponsored panel along with panelists from National Institute for Standards and Technology, Cylance and Epic. Panelists will discuss the sharing and protection of health information.

Partner Booths

Cerner will showcase its connectivity with partners across the health care ecosystem through its presence in select partner booths throughout the HIMSS show floor. CareAware® Certified Medical Device Partners will display CareAware Certified Partner plaques in their booths. To learn more about CareAware visit Cerner.com.

About Cerner

Cerner's health information technologies connect people, information and systems at more than 18,000 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 improvement of health care delivery and the health of communities.  On February 2, 2015, Cerner Corporation acquired substantially all of the assets, and assumed certain liabilities, of the Siemens Health Services business from Siemens AG.  Nasdaq: CERN. For more information about Cerner, visit cerner.com, read our blog at cerner.com/blog, connect with us on Twitter at twitter.com/cerner and on Facebook at facebook.com/cerner.

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