Cerner Continues to Modernize the Healthcare Classroom.KANSAS CITY Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). , Mo. -- First-of-its-kind IT program at University of Kansas The University of Kansas (often referred to as KU or just Kansas) is an institution of higher learning in Lawrence, Kansas. The main campus resides atop Mount Oread. School of Nursing expands to medical school; College of St. Scholastica also at the forefront of healthcare IT education The University of Kansas School of Medicine and Cerner Corp. (Nasdaq:CERN CERN or European Organization for Nuclear Research, nuclear and particle physics research center straddling the French-Swiss border W of Geneva, Switzerland. ) announced today a program designed to bring healthcare information technology to the hands of future doctors. The leading healthcare IT company will partner with the school to provide clinical solutions and decision support in the education of the next generation of physicians. "It's our hope that this partnership will offer future physicians an educational experience unlike any other," said Trace Devanny, Cerner president. "Bringing Cerner's solutions to the classroom enables students to be better prepared for their medical careers where information technology will play an increasingly larger role." By applying Cerner solutions in the classroom, the school transforms the content, method and approach to healthcare education, and generates a team-based approach to learning across the various roles of the care team. "As technology continues to help physicians improve the quality of patient care, we look to partners who are leaders in this field," said Barbara Atkinson, M.D., executive dean of the University of Kansas School of Medicine and vice chancellor vice chancellor n. Abbr. VC 1. A deputy or an assistant chancellor in a university. 2. A deputy to or a substitute for a head of state or an official bearing the title chancellor. 3. for clinical affairs. The program will expand an already strong partnership between Cerner and the University of Kansas. In 1999, Cerner and the University of Kansas School of Nursing began engineering a first-of-its-kind program that integrated Cerner's software into the classroom, teaching future nurses to document care and to view overall records in an electronic format. The program, called Simulated E-hEalth E-health Informatics A philosophy that empowers–E = electronic–health care consumers by bringing information, products and services online Delivery System (SEEDS), officially debuted in the fall of 2001. The software offers information to nurses at the point of learning, enhancing their decision-making skills and increasing their critical thinking in a state-of-the-art laboratory featuring a simulated electronic medical record. The College of St. Scholastica ushers IT into its health sciences program The College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minn. has also placed Cerner technology at the core of its curriculum within its health professional schools. This year, St. Scholastica became the first college to apply healthcare IT across all its health sciences disciplines simultaneously -- the direct result of a five-year partnership with Cerner. The program, titled Advancing Technology and Healthcare Education Now at St. Scholastica (ATHENS), implemented Cerner solutions into the college's nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, exercise physiology exercise physiology n. The study of the body's metabolic response to short-term and long-term physical activity. and health information management to increase the competency COMPETENCY, evidence. The legal fitness or ability of a witness to be heard on the trial of a cause. This term is also applied to written or other evidence which may be legally given on such trial, as, depositions, letters, account-books, and the like. 2. of its graduates to flourish in an electronic care environment. "Information technology is an essential component of the healthcare system and incorporating it into education is critical," said Dr. Larry Goodwin, St. Scholastica president. "Medical, nursing and allied health professional programs must prepare students for an increasingly electronic workplace where IT is the backbone of healthcare." Because of its leadership position in healthcare IT education, representatives from St. Scholastica will discuss its innovative educational program with David Brailer David Brailer is a public health official from the United States. Brailer was appointed the first National Health Information Technology Coordinator on May 6, 2004. In this role, he executed the actions ordered by President George W. , M.D., the government's national coordinator for health information technology, at the American Health Information Management Association The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) is a non-profit association for health information management professionals. The organization was founded in 1928, and has 51,000 members. (AHIMA AHIMA American Health Information Management Association (Chicago, IL) ) International Federation of Health Records Organizations 2004 National Convention in Washington, D.C. Cerner will be exhibiting at the conference from Oct. 11-14 at booth #1028. Cerner Corp. is taking the paper chart out of healthcare, eliminating error, variance The discrepancy between what a party to a lawsuit alleges will be proved in pleadings and what the party actually proves at trial. In Zoning law, an official permit to use property in a manner that departs from the way in which other property in the same locality and waste in the care process. With more than 1,500 clients worldwide, Cerner is the leading supplier of healthcare information technology. The following are trademarks of Cerner: Cerner, Cerner's logo, Nasdaq:CERN, www.cerner.com. |
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