Integrated healthcare management solutions for healthcare providers from IBM and Cerner help create greater collaboration and integration as well as better decision making through improved information sharing.

1. IBM Sales and Distribution Healthcare
Solution Brief
IBM and Cerner:
Integrated healthcare
management solutions
Today’s healthcare landscape offers both great promise and significant
Highlights challenges. The rapid and ongoing advancement of patient care tech-
nology and methods holds the potential for a quality of care that is
● Optimize Cerner applications on unprecedented. At the same time, however, the need to rein in costs
IBM platforms to help ensure the
highest possible performance
and improve efficiency has never been more urgent.
● Optimize both clinical and financial out- Maintaining the highest possible quality of care in this environment
comes through end-to-end information
management requires a multifaceted approach based on greater transparency and
best practice concepts such as team care. Better healthcare is not only
● Achieve greater integration of clinical
about the next big scientific breakthrough. It’s about making smarter
information and device data with
patient records decisions, using tools like electronic health records, advanced medical
devices and information networks that help clinicians, administrators
● Enable better decision making through
improved information sharing
and insurers work together. With this kind of integration, healthcare
becomes more patient-centric and focused on outcomes, rather than
● Choose from a broad spectrum of solu- process, procedure and record keeping.
tions that can address many require-
ments, from single-doctor practices to
major healthcare institutions The key enabler of this new approach to healthcare management is a
dynamic, flexible IT infrastructure, one that uses advanced healthcare
● Leverage the partnership between
IBM and Cerner to deploy effective, management applications that address the entire organization from
proven and validated healthcare man- end to end. A truly effective solution needs to bring clinical data
agement solutions, quickly and simply together with administrative information, streamlining the way health-
care works through more efficient processes backed by cost-effective,
powerful technology.
IBM and Cerner have come together to create integrated solutions that
help hundreds of healthcare institutions around the world achieve
these goals. Cerner delivers key functionality through a broad spec-
trum of solutions that serve a range of healthcare providers—from
individual physicians to the largest organizations. IBM contributes key
dynamic infrastructure components, from efficient storage and servers
with industry-leading virtualization technology that helps reduce server
sprawl while improving utilization, to essential middleware that forms
the cornerstone of efficient service-oriented architectures (SOAs), to
expertise in business transformation backed by decades of experience
and deep industry insight.

2. IBM Sales and Distribution Healthcare
Solution Brief
integrated into a comprehensive clinical and administrative
About Cerner information management solution. This diversity gives the
flexible Millennium platform broad and deep functionality for
a range of healthcare professionals, from individual caregivers
to entire hospitals. Cerner Millennium solution capabilities
include, but are not limited to:
Cerner is transforming healthcare by eliminating error, variance
and waste for healthcare providers and consumers around the ● Clinical and document imaging
world. Cerner solutions optimize processes for healthcare organ- ● Community health
izations ranging in size from single-doctor practices, to health ● Acute care electronic health records
systems, to entire countries, for the pharmaceutical and medical ● Emergency department management
device industries, and for the healthcare commerce system. ● Device management
These solutions are licensed by more than 8,500 facilities around ● Patient accounting
the world, including approximately 2,300 hospitals; 3,400 physi-
● Radiology
cian practices covering more than 30,000 physicians; 600 ambu-
latory facilities, such as laboratories, ambulatory centers, cardiac
● Workforce management
facilities, radiology clinics and surgery centers; 700 home-health
facilities; and 1,500 retail pharmacies. Cerner PowerWorks – Built for private practices and smaller
healthcare organizations, PowerWorks gives physicians what
they need to run their offices efficiently and profitably.
Solution areas include:
Cerner: A leading healthcare information ● Clinical: Electronic medical records and prescription
technology provider management
Cerner, a premier IBM Business Partner, is a major force ● Business: Comprehensive front- and back-office manage-
in healthcare information management, with more than ment, specialty management, surgery, electronic data inter-
8,500 facilities that use Cerner solutions. With a dedicated change, reporting
industry focus, Cerner offers powerful solutions that break ● Services and Consulting: Assistance with business opera-
down traditional barriers between business and clinical opera- tions, revenue management and vendor management
tions, helping to eliminate silos of information and make ● 24x7x365 data support
more efficient and effective patient care a core part of the
business. Cerner CareAware – With intelligent medical devices
becoming increasingly important in healthcare, it is essential
The Cerner portfolio includes three key solution families: to capture and leverage the flood of data they produce. The
Cerner Millennium®, PowerWorks® for secure data hosting, CareAware architecture offers a scalable, enterprise approach
and the CareAware® medical device connectivity architec- to device connectivity. This approach delivers key benefits
ture. These offerings optimize both clinical and financial out- including improved workflow, enhanced safety and better
comes by facilitating greater information sharing and management of devices across an organization.
streamlining processes.
CareAware:
Cerner Millennium, a person-centric solution framework,
continues to advance the digitization of individual electronic ● Connects people to medical devices
medical records to meet the needs of care providers, support ● Connects devices to clinician workflow
professionals and healthcare consumers. Millennium offers a ● Connects workflow to improved patient outcomes
rich set of focused application modules that can be seamlessly
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3. IBM Sales and Distribution Healthcare
Solution Brief
IBM dynamic infrastructure solutions: ● Investment protection – Long-term support from an estab-
Industry-leading IT lished industry leader, combined with open, scalable and
IBM has long been a leader in healthcare industry solutions, upgradeable systems, help reduce risk.
finding new ways to apply technology to patient care. For
example, today IBM researchers are helping physicians make An effective IT solution takes more than good hardware and
better use of medical device data to spot infections before software. IBM has deep industry expertise, business knowl-
they become evident, greatly improving the outlook for high- edge and decades of experience helping clients achieve their
risk patients. business and technology goals rapidly and efficiently. Expert
IBM consultants can assist with solution design as well as
At the same time, IBM understands that better, smarter implementation, and provide guidance on optimizing busi-
healthcare depends on the entire organization—both the ness processes to make the most of the combined IBM and
clinical side and the business side—working together, and Cerner solution. IBM also offers highly attractive financial
that takes an IT platform which can be relied upon. Deriving services that make deploying the solution much easier, with
the maximum benefit from Cerner solutions requires under- competitive rates and flexible services such as graduated
lying technology that has the reliability, availability, scalability payments that are directly tied to the realization of tangible
and performance needed for mission-critical operations. business benefits.
That’s what IBM technology leadership offers.
Enhanced value from two industry
IBM strives to remain at the forefront of IT innovation, leaders
while creating systems with strong support and longevity for IBM and Cerner have built a relationship that enables them
investment protection. Clients are assured that the technol- to work together to develop stronger solutions that draw on
ogy in use today is the best and most advanced available, with the strengths of both for the benefit of their clients. For
a clear roadmap for future development. The IBM open- example, experts from IBM and Cerner collaborate at the
systems approach means that its infrastructure solutions can Systems Integration Test Lab in Beaverton, Oregon to opti-
evolve to keep up with changing business and IT require- mize Cerner applications on IBM platforms and help ensure
ments, free of proprietary technological dead ends. the highest possible performance. IBM also has extensive
IBM best-of-breed systems and software are designed to meet hands-on experience with Cerner implementations. Today,
the strategic client goals, including: many Cerner deployments run on IBM computing platforms,
making IBM the technology partner of choice.
● Flexibility – IBM virtualization technology helps optimize
the infrastructure, making it possible to add new workloads No matter what the technology need or where the project
without adding new servers, or shift resources as needed. may be, the IBM and Cerner team makes doing business
Industry-leading software components such as simple. Both companies have a global presence, which gives
IBM WebSphere® help to integrate diverse systems and international clients the peace of mind that everywhere
make functionality available across the organization. Cerner is, IBM also operates. The hand-in-hand relationship
● Manageability – Robust IBM Tivoli® management soft- and comprehensive, complementary offerings of IBM and
ware combined with built-in system features helps keep Cerner also eliminates the need to manage complex multiple-
IBM infrastructures up and running without the need for vendor relationships. The result: healthcare professionals are
heavy IT staff involvement. free to devote their attention and resources to what matters
● Low cost of ownership – Advanced systems, such as the most—the welfare of their patients.
new IBM POWER7™, offer energy efficiency, the ability
to optimize utilization and standardized, easy-to-scale hard-
ware that can lower both capital and operational costs.
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4. Find out more
To learn more about how Cerner and IBM can help you pro-
vide better, more efficient healthcare, contact your IBM or
Cerner representative.
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