Cleveland Area Hospital to implement a new integrated health record.
Cleveland Area Hospital has selected Cerner, a global leader in healthcare technology, to implement a new integrated electronic health record. Also revenue cycle solutions across its critical access hospital through the Cerner CommunityWorks deployment model. The hospital will have the healthcare technology to support doctors, nurses, and staff. They improve the quality of and access to patient care in their rural community located outside of Tulsa.
Cleveland Area Hospital will move to Cerner Millennium®, a healthcare IT platform designed to support and engage consumers through their health care journey across venues of care – from the doctor’s office to the hospital and clinics. A digital record that brings together each patient’s health information from different care venues will benefit doctors and nurses with an up-to-date view of a person’s well-being. For staff to have the context of a patient’s health history, hospitals need the tools to connect data across their own organizations and with other providers throughout the region. Creating a smooth experience for the individual with informed care decisions by doctors is at the core of this investment.
Digitalization of Cleveland Area Hospital
Cerner revenue cycle solutions help reinforce the hospital’s financial operations and connect clinical and financial information for staff to view together in one patient record. Staff will also benefit from solutions and services that help them make the billing process smooth for patients.
“We have selected Cerner because we believe, from an IT and operations standpoint, it will streamline our communication and efficiency between our hospital and our clinics,” said Arthur Lock, CIO, Cleveland Area Hospital. “In addition, Cerner CommunityWorks will further enhance our patient experience, compliance, charge capture, billing and operational reliability. We are confident that Cerner is the long-term collaborator we need to achieve our vision of becoming a regional health care system.”
Cleveland Area Hospital will receive health IT solutions tailored to support the unique needs of community health care organizations through CommunityWorks cloud technology. Community health care organizations, especially critical access hospitals in rural areas, need to be able to provide high-quality services at a manageable cost. Residents will have a hospital supported by technology that helps keep them close to home while receiving the care they need.
