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30 CIO / HEALTH IT Cerner to transfer nearly 1,300 more employees to Adventist By Jackie Drees A lmost 1,300 California-based employees of Cern- er are now employees of Adventist Health, Los Angeles Daily News reported. The Kansas City, Mo.-based EHR vendor confirmed in October that it would transfer approximately 360 jobs in information technology and revenue management ser- vices from its headquarters to Roseville, Calif.-based Ad- ventist. The swap follows Cerner and Adventist's January 2018 partnership, during which Adventist sent 275 jobs to Cerner to assume day-to-day management of the health system's revenue cycle and clinical applications staff. The jobs transition affected 1,296 total California-based Cerner employees and took effect Dec. 1, according to the report. A Cerner spokesperson told the publication in an Oct. 15 statement that "All Cerner RevWorks associates were of- fered employment by Adventist Health." Cerner positions affected by the transfer include patient access representa- tives, medical coders, coding managers and billing spe- cialists, according to Los Angeles Daily News. n Inova gets approval for innovation district By Mackenzie Garrity F alls Church, Va.-based Inova Health was granted ap- proval to develop its innovation district in Fairfax, Va. The Inova Center for Personalized Health will be a destination for patient care, health discovery, research and education. Inova aims to create a space where clini- cians work side by side with researchers and educators from the area's top universities and commercial partners. The innovation center will serve as a tool for economic | development. "Our mission at Inova is to provide world-class healthcare, and we have the ability to focus that mission on this cam- pus in a way that's never before been possible in North- ern Virginia," J. Stephen Jones, MD, CEO of Inova, said. "We're grateful to the Board of Supervisors, the Planning Commission, the citizen task force and community groups who believe in our vision and worked with us to design a wonderful community asset." Along with academic and research spaces, Inova plans to incorporate retail, hotel, housing and recreation spots for the community. n Valley Children's Healthcare launches innovation program By Jackie Drees M adera, Calif.-based Valley Children's Healthcare announced Oct. 16 a partnership between its in- novation program and The Innovation Institute. The Valley Children's innovation program, known as George's Idea Lab, will operate as part of The Innovation Institute's Inno- vation Lab. The Innovation Institute is a national medical prod- uct incubator and healthcare services provider. Its Innovation Lab staff comprises scientists, physicians and commercializa- tion experts who build, license and take prototypes to market. Through the partnership, Valley Children's physicians and staff will have the opportunity to develop new technology, processes and equipment ideas for pediatric healthcare. In addition to a 330-bed hospital, the Valley Children's network includes specialty care centers, pediatric primary care practices and an urgent care center. Valley Children's is the second pediatric health system to join The Innovation Institute as a member owner. Other member-owner investors include Children's Hospital of Orange County, Calif., Providence in Renton, Wash., Ave- ra Health in Sioux Falls, S.D., Bon Secours Mercy Health in Cincinnati and Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System in Baton Rouge, La. n Ransomware attack locks CHI Health providers out of EHR database By Mackenzie Garrity O maha, Neb.-based CHI Health Lakeside Hospital announced Sept. 27 it was hit by a ransomware attack that may have exposed patients' protected health information, according to the Omaha World-Herald. Hospital officials discovered Aug. 1 that a database stor- ing EHRs had been locked as the result of ransomware. The ransomware attack specifically targeted the hospital's orthopedic clinic. The ransomware attack only affected an older records system that held records from patients who were seen at the CHI Health orthopedic clinic before April 2016. Pa- tient data that could have been exposed included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, phone numbers, addresses and medical information. CHI Health officials said there is no evidence that patient information has been misused. However, affected patients can receive a year of complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services. n