Cerner And KidsHealth To Provide Simple, Easy-To-Follow Pediatric Instructions To Improve Patient Compliance And Outcomes

Cerner Corp. recently announced that it is offering KidsHealth pediatric-specific discharge and after-care instructions to Cerner clients. The KidsHealth Instructions, created exclusively for pediatrics, are available in the current Cerner Millennium Patient Education Content in English and Spanish. KidsHealth, the largest licensor of online pediatric health information, provides medical expertise from a physician-directed, professional editorial staff that makes complex and sensitive medical topics understandable.

KidsHealth Discharge and After-care Instructions are written in KidsHealth’s signature comforting, parent-friendly style. The instructions include informative original illustrations of children and icons that divide sections to make information easy to follow. The library includes topics appropriate for inpatient, emergency department, outpatient/specialty and primary care use. Instructions are editable by clinicians.

“This new offering for our clients takes into account the critical role that parents and caregivers play in achieving the best health outcomes,” said Dr. Daphne Bascom, Cerner vice president and chief medical information officer. “Pediatric patients typically need specific instructions that differ from care instructions for adults, which makes it even more important to provide instructions that are clear and easy to understand.”

“We’re delighted that providers who use Cerner will have access to our instructions,” notes Kate Cronan, MD, Lead Medical Editor for KidsHealth Discharge Instructions. “For busy clinicians, these pediatric-specific instructions save time and provide consistent education throughout an organization. As the head of a busy Emergency Department for 17 years, I know firsthand how important simple, concise instructions are to improving patient compliance and satisfaction.”

About KidsHealth
KidsHealth creates engaging, family-friendly online, print, and video patient education about a wide range of health and family issues in English and Spanish. KidsHealth licenses content, which can be private-labeled for an organization’s use in EHRs and websites. KidsHealth has a physician-directed, professional editorial staff - and is the largest resource of children’s health, behavioral, and developmental information written for three distinct audiences: parents, kids, and teens. KidsHealth is part of Nemours, one of the nation’s largest nonprofits devoted to children’s health. For more information, visit KidsHealth.org/intro.

About Cerner
Cerner is contributing to the systemic change of health and care delivery. For more than 30 years Cerner has been executing its vision to make health care safer and more efficient. We started with the foundation of digitizing paper processes and now offer the most comprehensive array of information software, professional services, medical device integration, remote hosting and employer health and wellness services. Cerner systems are used by everyone from individual consumers, to single-doctor practices, hospitals, employers and entire countries. Taking what we’ve learned over more than three decades, Cerner is building on the knowledge that is in the system to support evidence-based clinical decisions, prevent medical errors and empower patients in their care.

Cerner solutions are licensed by approximately 10,000 facilities around the world, including more than 2,700 hospitals; 4,150 physician practices; 45,000 physicians; 550 ambulatory facilities, such as laboratories, ambulatory centers, behavioral health centers, cardiac facilities, radiology clinics and surgery centers; 800 home health facilities; 45 employer sites and 1,750 retail pharmacies. For more information, visit www.cerner.com.