Comparative Analysis: Cerner and Epic EHR Systems in Healthcare

This presentation provides a comprehensive overview of electronic record-keeping in healthcare, focusing on the differentiation between Electronic Health Records (EHR), Electronic Medical Records (EMR), and Personal Health Records (PHR). It also explores the distinctions between Clinical Information Systems (CIS) and Administrative Information Systems (AIS). The core of the presentation involves a comparative analysis of Cerner and Epic systems, two leading vendors in healthcare IT. The analysis includes the strengths and weaknesses of each system, their current usage in organizations, and their competitive market positioning. The presentation also references relevant research and case studies to support its findings, offering valuable insights into the adoption, implementation, and impact of these technologies in the healthcare sector.

Electronic
Record-Keeping
in Healthcare
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Electronic Health Record (EHR)
 A digital version of the paper chart of a
patient
 They offer patient-centered and real-time
records (Premarathne et al., 2016)
 Allows a detailed history of medical results
for a patient
 Provides access to a streamlined and
automated workflow (Henry et al., 2016)

Objective of the Presentation Idea
The objective of the presentation would be focused
upon:
 Presenting differentiation between EHR, EMR and
PHR
 Differentiating between AIS and CIS
 Use of Cerner and Epic systems
 Strength and weaknesses of Cerner and Epic
systems

Differentiation between EHR, EMR and PHR systems
The ideas based on differentiation between EHR,
EMR and PHR systems are presented below:
EHR – They provide clinical data, which are
collected apart from clinical data.
Information is collected from all clinicians involved
within patient care (Charles, Gabriel & Searcy,
2015).
EHR supports the sharing of information with
various health care suppliers.

Differentiation between EHR, EMR and PHR systems
EMR – The discussion of EMR helps in supporting the
following aspects:
These are digital versions of supported paper charts
found in offices, hospitals and clinics.
The EMR comprises of notes collected in favor of
clinicians for treatment and diagnosis.
They help healthcare providers for tracking data over
time, monitoring patients and improving quality of
service (Hasanain, Vallmuur & Clark, 2015)

Differentiation between EHR, EMR and PHR systems
PHR – Some of the major aspects based on PHR
are discussed as:
PHR comprises of same form of information as
contained by EHRs
The use of PHR is related to store records of
patients only (Liu et al., 2017)
PHRs collect data from reliable sources such as
home monitoring devices, patients and clinicians

Differentiation between CIS and AIS
Clinical Information Systems (CIS)
 An information systems specifically designed
for use in critical scenarios
 Establishes network with computing devices
located in modern hospitals, radiology and
pathology (Wang et al., 2018)
 Clinicians have a better view of data gathered
from CIS situated beside the patient’s bed

Differentiation between CIS and AIS
Administrative Information Systems (AIS)
 AIS provides IT solutions and services for
enhancing administrative functions at all levels
 AIS provides technical and programming support
between different administrative departments
(Wager, Lee & Glaser, 2017)
 The services are supported based on strong
partnerships based on ITS departments and
sponsorship departments

Cerner and Epic Systems
 Cerner and Epic are considered as designers of
health based IT software
 Both vendors help towards offering cloud-based
solutions for ambulatory care
 Cerner and Epic provides assistance to
developmental organizations based on driving
adoption
 They do not disclose pricing information over the
public platform

Systems being used at Organization
 Cerner and Epic systems are being currently
being used at the organization
 Epic has been majorly been chosen as it is
gaining extreme popularity in physician
practices and smaller hospitals
 Cerner is also widely used for improving the
revenue cycle management in the
healthcare sector