In response to the Reddit post, Feinberg sent an email to staff acknowledging that approximately 150 positions will be eliminated from their roles at Cerner, the Kansas City Star reported.įeinberg said the decision to eliminate some positions was not taken lightly and was necessary to "right the ship."
RELATED: While revenue jumped 10% in Q2, Cerner looks to slim down costs by cutting jobs, officesĭuring a Q&A with investors and analysts, Feinberg also addressed a round of upcoming layoffs that were recently brought to light by an anonymous post on Reddit. You have to be able to use that EHR in a way that allows you to be successful in a fee-for-service or fee-for-value model," he said. It has to have, on top of it, analytics that you can make predictions around individual patients, around communities. "The EHR, in my mind, also needs to be a tool that allows grandma's blood sugar to get to where it needs to get to.
Chief Financial Officer Mark Erceg said the company will take Feinberg up on his challenge to focus on the patient and plans to "stop or jettison side pursuits” that, in many cases, have proven to be nothing but "resource drains and distractions."įeinberg said Cerner will focus on enhancing capabilities to the electronic health record (EHR) system to help patients avoid unnecessary tests and medications and help clinicians avoid errors and suggest what treatments may work best.
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