Cerner's PowerChart Electronic Medical Record Improves Patient Safety and Care, Enhances Clinical Efficiency.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo.--(BW HealthWire)--April 27, 2000

First Annual PowerChart Award Recognizes Innovation in

Computer-based Patient Record Management At Major Hospital Systems

Around the Country

Cerner Corporation (Nasdaq: CERN), the world's leading clinical healthcare information technology company and electronic medical record provider, today announced the winners of its first annual PowerChart(R) Awards, which recognize innovation in computer-based patient record management with PowerChart.

"In light of increased public interest in patient safety and operational efficiency, we are proud to recognize a number of elite healthcare providers for their progressive and innovative use of Cerner technology to make healthcare smarter and to deliver better care to the communities they serve," said Richard J. Flanigan, Jr., Cerner Senior Vice President and General Manager.

"With many strong submissions for the judges to consider, Eastern Maine Healthcare (Bangor, Maine) was selected as the organization that best reflected the use of Cerner's PowerChart electronic medical record to improve patient satisfaction and care quality while reducing costs," said Flanigan.

Eastern Maine Healthcare has utilized Cerner's PowerChart EMR since mid-1995. "Currently, we have more than 1,700 users, including 320 physicians and 825 nurses," said Devore Culver, Chief Information Officer at Eastern Maine Healthcare. "Cerner's PowerChart has empowered our clinicians with a complete and longitudinal electronic patient record capable of displaying information vital for patient care at more than 31 distinct clinical sites dispersed across the entire northern two-thirds of Maine."

"Traditional boundaries of the paper record have been eliminated," said Deborah Sanford, Director of Medical Informatics at Eastern Maine Healthcare. "In cases where distance is a factor in treatment, the value that PowerChart, along with our remote access infrastructure, brings to EMH providers can literally be lifesaving."

Additional healthcare providers recognized as progressive and innovative users of Cerner's PowerChart EMR to improve patient safety and care quality while enhancing operational efficiency are:

-- INTEGRIS Health - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 

-- Memorial Hermann Hospital - Houston, Texas

-- NCH Healthcare System - Naples, Florida

-- York Health System, South Central Community Health - York,

Pennsylvania.

Judging for the First Annual Cerner PowerChart Award was conducted by a panel of distinguished healthcare industry representatives from Oracle, Ernst and Young, Compaq, Faulkner and Gray, and Dorenfest and Associates.

Further information about Cerner's First Annual PowerChart Award is available from Cerner.

Cerner Corporation (www.cerner.com) is the leading supplier of clinical and management information and knowledge systems to more than 1,000 healthcare organizations worldwide. Cerner's mission is to connect the appropriate persons, knowledge, and resources at the appropriate time and location to achieve the optimal health outcome. Cerner's vision of proactive healthcare management drives innovation today, while creating a foundation for tomorrow's healthy populations. With HNA Millennium(R), Cerner has developed a comprehensive suite of solutions that promote personal and community health management by providing the link between individuals and the care process. HNA Millennium applications work on a cohesive platform that is open, intelligent and scalable. This allows for communication, access, and data to be shared throughout the healthcare system.

The following are trademarks and/or service marks of Cerner Corporation: Cerner, Cerner's logo, HNA Millennium and PowerChart.