Covenant Health Selects Cerner’s Enterprise-Wide Clinical, Financial and Population Health IT System

Tennessee health system to implement one unified system across entire continuum of care

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., July 25, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Covenant Health, an integrated not-for-profit health system based in eastern Tennessee, has selected Cerner’s comprehensive suite of integrated health care information technology (IT) solutions to support clinical, financial and population health management initiatives, resulting in a Clinically Driven Revenue Cycle™ across the enterprise’s acute hospitals and nearly 100 ambulatory facilities.

“To advance our goal of providing excellent care for every patient, we needed to select a robust IT system that could effectively and efficiently support multiple aspects of our health system operations,” said Jim VanderSteeg
, president and CEO, Covenant Health. “We are confident that Cerner’s enterprise-wide functionalities will help us deliver high-quality care with the goal of improving health outcomes. We believe that Cerner’s predictable total cost-of-ownership will also contribute to Covenant’s financial stability and strength.” For the full article click here 

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