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Dr. Linda Headrick (in red), BA ’77, professor of
internal medicine and senior associate dean for medical
education and faculty development, has bolstered the medical
school’s quality improvement and teamwork efforts
and has focused the curriculum on patient-centered care
— areas in which Mizzou students excel. Rob Hill
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MU School of Medicine, Cerner Launch Innovative Partnership
The University of Missouri-Columbia School
of Medicine and Kansas City-based Cerner
Corp. announced a strategic partnership April 17 that will
bring new health-care information technologies into the classroom.
Together, Cerner and MU will substantially enhance medical education
for tomorrow's care providers and drive the development of exemplary
clinical practice sites.
“The partnership will greatly strengthen
MU's position as a leader in providing innovative medical education
and patient-centered care based on the best available research,”
said MU Chancellor Brady Deaton. “The University is extremely
excited about this historic partnership with Cerner and its potential
for transforming medical education, care and research in Missouri
and beyond.”
Cerner, the nation's leading supplier of health-care
information technology, will partner with the MU School of Medicine
to develop clinical solutions and decision support services for
educating the next generation of physicians. By weaving health-care
information technology into the classroom, students will learn
the value of information sharing and the potential of future applications.
Students and patients will benefit from enhanced
coordination and communication, improved management programs for
such chronic illnesses as diabetes and cardiovascular disease,
and performance reporting that will promote better care. Cerner
officials say that preliminary numbers show the partnership will
be an approximately $10 million partnership over the next three
years.
“As the nation's leaders focus their
attention on truly automated health-care information systems,
MU and Cerner are taking a pioneering approach toward making the
systems a fundamental factor in the training of physicians,”
said William Crist, dean of medicine. “MU could not have
a better partner than Cerner, a Missouri neighbor with unparalleled
experience and leadership in using information technology to improve
health care globally.”
With the latest health-care technology at
its core, MU’s School of Medicine will benefit from having
Web-delivered problem-based learning experiences that create authentic
clinical decision-making challenges. The students will receive
real-time feedback on their performance, which will refine their
bedside skills.
“The complexities of health care not
only demand expertise, but also investment,” said Neal Patterson,
Cerner chairman and CEO. “As Cerner looks to strategically
allocate $1 billion in research and development over the next
five years, we believe there are exciting advancements to be made
in research, medical education and patient care. We are excited
to collaborate with MU in this shared agenda.”
By selecting Cerner, MU’s Medical School
chose a supplier with strength in academic settings. Cerner has
more than 50 partnerships with academic client facilities and
nearly 75 teaching hospitals around the country, providing the
technology for an innovative classroom experience and a well-trained
health-care work force.
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