KANSAS CITY, MO – Cerner Corp. will expand its technology offerings with the acquisition of Clairvia, a maker of workforce management software for the healthcare sector. Cerner the agreement on Oct. 7. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Durham, N.C.-based Clairvia has spent more than a decade developing healthcare workforce management solutions, including Care Value Management and Physician Scheduler. Clairvia’s software applications and predictive models enable healthcare organizations to align staff and resources with patient needs, in real-time.
 
As Clairvia executives see it, the improvements ultimately advance patient care quality, patient safety, patient throughput, staff productivity and satisfaction, reimbursements and cost control.
 
Clairvia’s solutions are employed by more than 400 organizations throughout the world, ranging in size from large healthcare systems to specialty physician practices that use a variety of electronic health record systems. Clairvia’s solutions are EHR-system agnostic and integrate with numerous platforms, including Cerner Millennium. The Care Value Management suite will be integrated into Cerner’s broader cloud-based and interoperability platforms, Cerner Healthe Intent and CareAware, which will allow Cerner to offer a comprehensive suite of resource management solutions.

“Healthcare worldwide is experiencing a resourcing deficit that is forecasted to grow dramatically in the next several years,” said Jeff Townsend, Cerner executive vice president and chief of staff. “The fundamental supply of staff and other assets simply cannot meet rising patient demand. Clairvia’s predictive models driven by EHR data not only cut costs by aligning the right resource at the right time but, more importantly, optimize patient outcomes. With this acquisition, we are solidifying our commitment to the workforce management marketplace and interoperable cloud-based solutions that focus on providing positive clinical, operational and financial returns for our clients.”

“EHRs document patient needs and expected courses of care while resource management systems store nurse competency, skills and availability data,” said Beth Pickard, Clairvia president and chief executive officer. “We integrate those two databases in real time, at the point of care. Cerner’s resources and dedication to improving health opens the door for us to create additional solutions that enable healthcare organizations to accurately forecast demand and to proactively align staffing resources to meet that demand.”

The deal is expected to close in this month and is not expected to have a material impact on Cerner’s 2011 financial results. Pickard will join Cerner upon closure of the transaction.