Cerner Makes Healthcare Smarter With Solutions Showcased At HIMSS 2001.

Business Editors & Health/Medical Writers

KANSAS CITY, Mo.--(BW HealthWire)--Jan. 26, 2001

Cerner Corporation is pleased to announce the premier of five new innovations at HIMSS 2001.

Visit booth No. 3214 to learn how Cerner is making healthcare smarter through live interactions with clients and experts who will share how these solutions improve patient safety, reduce costs and connect communities.

1) Clinical and Financial Systems Integration: HIMSS 2001 will mark

the debut of ProFit(TM), Cerner's revolutionary patient accounting

solution. While other financial systems are disconnected from the

core clinical process, ProFit integrates clinical and financial

information resulting in more accurate billing. The only new

patient accounting product developed in the last ten years that

integrates the breadth of healthcare revenue accounting needs,

ProFit produces a single statement summarizing multiple patient

encounters. Healthcare organizations can derive substantial return

on investment with ProFit including simplified billing processes,

improved cash flow, reduced claims denials and ultimately,

improved revenue. In addition, ProFit enhances customer service

through Web access to billing statements.

2) Community Hospital Solutions: Cerner is unveiling new solution

suites specifically designed to deliver unprecedented capabilities

to community hospitals and health systems. These solution suites

are built from Cerner's industry-leading HNA Millennium(R)

cohesive architecture, are easily and quickly implemented, and

leverage the best practices of Cerner's community hospital client

base. Organizations can also choose an ASP (application service

provider) or RCO (remote computing option) platform to expedite 

the transformation of healthcare in the organization while

minimizing additional investments in IT equipment and staffing.

3) E-health: Cerner's industry-leading developments in consumer and

community e-health will be showcased at HIMSS 2001, including

Winona Health Online, the renowned community e-health partnership

to improve the health of an entire Midwest community. Cerner

IQHealth(TM) solutions provide a substantial value proposition for

healthcare organizations in terms of connecting healthcare

providers and consumers while growing and protecting market share.

Through client testimonials and presentations, learn how IQHealth

inspires consumers to manage their own health through a

content-rich, locally branded, Web portal and on-line personal

health record. Consumers value tools such as on-line health risk

assessments, Secure Communications(TM) with physicians and other

care providers, content personalized to their health needs and

interests, test results with physician interpretation,

comprehensive drug, herbal and nutraceutical information and

interaction database, and disease management programs.

4) Patient Safety: Cerner enables organizations to prevent medical

errors, adverse drug events and other patient safety risks with

unique technology that supports decision-making at the point of

care. Cerner clients are not only able to prevent medical errors

and adverse drug events, but quantify improvements in patient

outcomes. Cerner will demonstrate its decision-support, alert and

knowledge systems and offer briefings with clinical experts at the

Cerner booth.

5) Imaging Solutions: Did you know that Cerner clients are the first

healthcare organizations in the world to have a radiology 

information system (RIS), picture archival and communications

system (PACS), and workflow management from a single information

system supplier? Healthcare organizations may now have a

completely paperless and filmless integrated clinical and

financial system with Cerner technology. As part of the electronic

medical record, images may be accessed at anytime and anywhere

within minutes through the use of RadNet(R), Cerner's radiology

information system, and Envoi(TM) integrated image and information

management solutions. Cerner will demonstrate how imaging

solutions enhance efficiencies, improve the quality of care and

increase patient safety.

For information regarding interviews with Cerner issue and product experts, please contact Ashley Crosby Davidson at 816/201-1580 or [e-mail], or Sally Zahner at 816/201-1632 or [e-mail].

Cerner Corporation (Nasdaq:CERN) (www.cerner.com) is the leading supplier of clinical and management information and knowledge systems to more than 1,200 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. The company's vision is to improve the health of communities through innovation and investments in information technology. Cerner strives to transform the healthcare delivery system by increasing the quality of care, improving efficiencies, eliminating medical error and connecting the individual to the system with innovative information solutions.

HNA Millennium is Cerner's comprehensive suite of solutions that promote personal and community health management by connecting consumers, clinicians and healthcare organizations into a streamlined, unified single-care process. HNA Millennium applications work on a cohesive platform that is open, intelligent and scalable, allowing vital health information to be accessed and shared throughout the healthcare system. Cerner ... we make healthcare smarter. The following are trademarks of Cerner Corporation: Cerner, HNA Millennium, IQHealth, Secure Communications, ProFit, RadNet and Envoi.

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