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Carolinas HealthCare System Selects Cerner to Enhance Care, Increase Safety

Posted on: Monday, 7 November 2005, 09:00 CST

Carolinas HealthCare System, one of the nation's largest public health organizations, has partnered with Cerner Corp. (Nasdaq:CERN) to modernize the delivery of care with numerous software solutions, all operating together with the leading healthcare information technology company's unified architecture, Cerner Millennium(R).

"Teaming with Cerner and its innovative solutions offers us a great opportunity to make our healthcare network a more cohesive place for physicians to practice their profession," said Michael Tarwater, president and CEO of Carolinas HealthCare System. "Using state-of-the-art technology, combined with process redesign, we will continue to be an industry leader in care delivery."

Carolinas HealthCare System will bring a single, unified electronic medical record to its pharmacy, nursing, ancillary and emergency room departments, as well as physicians' offices and other ambulatory care settings. This automation will allow for a more efficient and effective care process, and a higher level of satisfaction for those giving and receiving care. The increased automation of the medication processes will include the implementation of electronic bedside reconciliation of medications, consistent with the increased industry attention on safely managing the medication process at the point of care.

Ultimately more than 500 physicians within the health system's network will use Cerner's physician practice solutions to connect care settings, providing on-line access to a patient's complete medical record and improving communication between caregivers. With the technology in place, a person's health information will be immediately available for any authorized physician in the network. Physicians will not be constrained by paper based charts, having instant access to the latest clinical data for improved clinical decision making, allowing more time to deliver more personalized care to their patients.

"This partnership is particularly rewarding because it matches our vision to transform healthcare through information and knowledge technologies with Carolinas HealthCare System's goal to create an optimal environment for clinicians and people depending on its hospitals, physician practices and clinics," said Paul Black, Cerner's chief operating officer. "Our work together will further solidify Carolinas HealthCare as a pre-eminent location for the best in care, service and progress."

Carolinas HealthCare System is the largest healthcare system in the Carolinas, and one of the largest public systems in the nation. Carolinas HealthCare System owns, leases and manages hospitals, nursing homes, physician practices, home health agencies, radiation therapy facilities, physical therapy facilities, and other healthcare related operations, comprising more than 4,300 licensed beds.

Cerner Corp. is taking the paper chart out of healthcare, eliminating error, variance 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 Millennium, Cerner's logo, Nasdaq:CERN, www.cerner.com.

This release contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. It is important to note that the Company's performance, and actual results, financial condition or business could differ materially from those expressed in such forward-looking statements. The words "will", "will not", "opportunity" or the negative of these words, variations thereof or similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to: changes in the healthcare industry, significant competition, the Company's proprietary technology may be subjected to infringement claims or may be infringed upon, government regulations, the possibility of product-related liabilities, possible errors or failures in the performance of the Company's software, the recruitment and retention of key personnel, risks related to third party suppliers, and, failure of the parties to achieve the intended benefits. Additional discussion of these and other factors affecting the Company's business is contained in the Company's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events or changes in future operating results, financial condition or business over time.

Source: Business Wire

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