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by Cerner UK 26 April 2022 At the end of March 2022, the Cerner European Collaboration Forum brought together 300+ attendees from over 16 countries.
by Treesa Carter | James Hitter 3 September 2021 Treesa Carter and James Hitter share their experiences of working on the transformation of health and social care integration at Suffolk County Council.
by Cerner UK 12 May 2021 In this episode, five Cerner leaders have a conversation about returning to the frontlines as a nurse in the UK during COVID-19.
by Cerner UK 19 April 2021 Cerner Corporation and East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) have signed an agreement to implement an electronic health records (EHR) platform across the Trust. The EHR, supported by Cerner Millennium®, will replace paper-based records and other electronic processes, enabling access to a single, reliable, and integrated source of clinical information. Once implemented, the platform will provide clinicians with instant and secure access to a patient’s history and treatments, and as result, will help them make better and informed decisions based on specific patient needs.
by Cerner UK 14 April 2021 London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust and The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have signed an agreement with Cerner to implement an integrated electronic health record (EHR)
by Cerner UK 10 March 2021 Since its initial go-live in March 2020, the GNCR initiative has hit a number of subsequent milestones. To date, nearly 8,000 care professionals – spanning adult social care, primary care, out of hours, ambulance, mental health, community and acute care settings – are regularly accessing an increasingly comprehensive and holistic aggregation of records in HIE.
by Cerner UK 4 February 2021 In this episode, Cerner’s international leaders, Matthew Pickett and Dr Colin Fincham, are joined by director and physician executive, Dr Andrea Dantas, and Charlie Evans, population health analytics team manager, to discuss the role of technology and data in the UK’s successful COVID-19 vaccination efforts.
by Cerner UK | County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust 20 January 2021 County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust and Cerner have signed a 10-year agreement to implement an integrated electronic patient record (EPR) solution. The Trust has chosen Cerner to implement the Cerner Millennium® EPR solution, meaning a patient’s full record will be available electronically for healthcare professionals in one place, at any time.
by Cerner UK | Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 18 December 2020 On 8 December NHS Trusts across England made history as they started administering Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine to patients. Milton Keynes University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MKUH) was one of 50 Trusts designated by NHS England to become the first COVID-19 vaccination hubs and kick off what would be the country’s biggest vaccination programme to date. Before the 50 COVID-19 vaccination hubs were publicly announced, the MKUH team had already started thinking of ways they could make the rollout of the programme as safe and efficient as possible for their local community and their own staff.
3 December 2020 To all Cerner UK clients, NHS colleagues, partners, and our broader health and care community: Yesterday, the UK government accepted the MHRA’s recommendation to approve Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for use – this announcement represents a ray of light that suggests a post-pandemic future may now be in sight. We at Cerner consider ourselves extremely lucky to partner with so many NHS organisations across the country, and we have been privileged to witness, support and co-develop some of the ground-breaking initiatives that have been implemented to respond to COVID-19.
by Cerner UK 2 December 2020 The Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre (NOC) in Oxford, run by Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) NHS Foundation Trust, has reached 'Stage 6' on the EMR Adoption and Maturity (EMRAM) scale. The accreditation was awarded following a two-day virtual inspection, showing how OUH is joining up healthcare for patients through ground-breaking digital initiatives that ensure delivery of safer patient care.
by Cerner UK 7 October 2020 Cerner today announced its clients in the UK can offer their patients’ Health Records on iPhone, which brings together hospitals, clinics and the existing Apple Health app to make it easy for patients to see their available medical data from multiple providers whenever they choose. The Health Records feature is part of the Health app, which also shows activity, heart rate, nutrition and other health data consolidated from iPhone, Apple Watch and HealthKit-enabled third-party apps.
by Soomal Mohsin-Shaikh 25 September 2020 Soomal Mohsin-Shaikh is a PhD student at the UCL School of Pharmacy. In the first of two Cerner blogs, Soomal shares her experience as a junior pharmacist and how it encouraged her to explore the ways introducing electronic prescribing and medication administration (ePMA) in the hospital context changes workflow and communication around the use of medications, and how these changes can facilitate improvements in the safety and quality of medication management.
by Cerner UK 10 September 2020 Cerner Corporation is pleased to announce a new relationship with Hampshire and Isle of Wight (HIOW) health and care system to enable their population health management journey to transform the planning and delivery of health and care services across the region.
by Prof. Louise Hicks 17 August 2020 When implementing a new system, it can be notoriously difficult to engage staff. But when Barts Health NHS Trust in London went live with e-nursing records last year, it became an opportunity to boost the morale of the staff. In this edition of the Cerner blog, we hear from Professor Louise Hicks, CNIO and director of development at Barts Health NHS Trust, about how the success of their rollout was boosted by positive staff engagement throughout the process.
by Ryan Irwin 23 July 2020 Improving population health requires multiple interventions over time, tailored to meet the needs of individuals at each stage of their life, whilst simultaneously reducing the inequalities that exist in health outcomes across a population.1 The need for a sharpened focus on population health has increased following the global onset of COVID-19. As well as recognising the human impact of loss, the pandemic has surfaced existing social inequalities, specifically how health outcomes can vary from one population to another.
by James Bird 9 July 2020 In this edition of our Cerner blog, James Bird, chief nursing information officer at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, reflects on how trust-based collaboration has boosted the UK response to the pandemic, and how some of the main shifts he’s seen in the way the NHS operates will have a permanent impact on the way health and care organisations work together.
by Cerner UK 18 June 2020 Cerner is delighted to announce that we have started working with Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust to implement a fully integrated electronic patient records (EPR) system across both Trusts. The new EPR, powered by Cerner Millennium® and internally referred to by staff as Surrey Safe Care, will replace paper-based records and processes, enabling staff to access a single, reliable and integrated source of clinical information containing relevant patient details such as test results, medications, discharge summaries and other information associated to their care.
by Cerner UK 31 March 2020 Last week, the government that 100-acre convention centre ExCel London would be turned into a temporary hospital to aid the city’s response to the pandemic – the Nightingale Hospital. Today we announce that Cerner will be providing the electronic health records (EHR) platform that will enable healthcare professionals serving in this facility to access and record relevant information for COVID-19 patients in a scalable, reliable and accessible place.
by Cerner UK 9 March 2020 During the last week of February, Cerner’s European Collaboration Forum (ECF) celebrated its tenth anniversary by bringing together 650+ attendees from over 16 countries. Their time in Paddington, London was spent reflecting on the progress made in revolutionising healthcare around the world and engaging in stimulating discussions about what the next stage of the journey could and should look like.
by Cerner UK 17 February 2020 European Collaboration Forum 2020 (ECF20) is just around the corner. Now in its tenth year, the Forum has become a place for open collaboration between health and care professionals to discuss the transformation journeys of their organisations and healthcare systems, and how they are all preparing for the next evolution of health and care.
by Cerner UK 17 January 2020 Cerner Corporation has been named best in Client Service and Technical Support by health IT market research organisation Black Book for the fourth year in a row. As Cerner supports clients through the next era of healthcare digitisation, this achievement signals our continued commitment to enhancing the client experience and meeting the needs of an evolving, complex industry.
by Cerner UK | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust 13 December 2019 Cerner and Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust are excited to announce our nomination in the category of Most Effective Contribution to Clinical Redesign for next year’s HSJ Partnership Awards, recognising both organisations’ outstanding dedication and continuous commitment to improving healthcare.
by John Rayner | Patience Chinwadzimba 29 November 2019 In this edition of our Cerner blog, John Rayner, regional director of HIMSS EMEA and Patience Chinwadzimba, healthcare executive at Cerner, walk us through some of the most recent changes made to the HIMSS EMRAM model and the support Cerner can provide as you prepare to take your organisation through this process.
by Charles Gutteridge 24 September 2019 In this edition of our Cerner blog, Charles Gutteridge, CCIO at Barts Health NHS Trust, shares how staff across the organisation are using a standard terminology to communicate with one another and to document patient information within their Cerner Millennium® electronic health record (EHR) – This aligns with the industry’s push towards full interoperability, besides supporting more efficient delivery of care, improving research capabilities across the system, and moving the Trust forward in their digital excellence journey.
by Cerner UK 17 September 2019 Earlier this year, speaking at the 2019 European Collaboration Forum, our GDE clients shared the main stage to showcase just some of their most recent achievements as national exemplars. In this edition of our Cerner blog, we delve into some of these achievements, key learnings, and best practice that can help other NHS Trusts as they undertake their own digital journeys.
by Maria Centeno 13 September 2019 In June, the UK Sepsis Trust and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sepsis published a report assessing the adoption of methods used by Trusts from across England to identify and treat sepsis, and to reduce preventable deaths. Today, to mark World Sepsis Day, Maria Centeno, clinical consultant at Cerner, shines light on some of the strides that have been made in this ongoing battle, and provides practical examples of how staff training, combined with effective clinical decision support technology, is enabling vital early detection of this life-threatening condition.
by Cerner UK 11 September 2019 Every year, the Cerner Health Conference (CHC) provides a unique opportunity for health and care professionals and industry leaders from across the globe to network and learn from each other how they are transforming the industry in their respective regions and driving change across their organisations. This year, between 7-9 October, Kansas City will once again be the place where thousands of experts from over 20 different countries come together for three days of learning, sharing, and networking; and to discover what’s next for health and care.
by Cerner UK | Mayo Clinic Healthcare in partnership with Oxford University Clinic 2 September 2019 Leading healthcare provider Mayo Clinic will soon launch its first facility in the UK, in a unique collaboration with Oxford University Clinic that brings together the best of these world-renowned organisations. Located in the heart of London, the new clinic will open its doors to clients towards the end of September. Its focus will be on the delivery of world-class private diagnostic screening and preventative care services to patients, using our Cerner Millennium® platform as the foundation to build its electronic health records (EHR) system.
by Cerner UK 27 August 2019 While we know technology has the power to transform and shape the future of healthcare, we also know that it doesn’t work in isolation. Strong collaboration, true partnership working and commitment to common goals are key enablers for the delivery of successful and meaningful transformation that results in better outcomes for patients. Discover some of the most recent benefits and achievements experienced by our clients through their partnership with Cerner, as we all work together to create a seamless and connected world where everyone thrives.
