WHAT:           Unity Hospital has been chosen as Rochester’s hosting site for the Cerner and Nurture Smart Semi— an 18-wheel semi-truck that showcases interactive technology designed to improve patient experience and clinical outcome.  The Smart Semi includes interactive technology that transforms a standard patient room into a healing environment, and gives patients access to everything from their own Personal Health Records to ordering meals at the touch of a button from their bed.   Cerner is the U.S. leading supplier of health care information technology solutions.

WHO:             John Glynn

                        Chief Information Officer

Unity Health System

WHERE:       Unity Hospital

1555 Long Pond Rd.

Parking Lot D

WHEN:          Monday, August 25, 2008

                        10:00 A.M.

Note to Editors:  Demonstrations of the state-of-the-art technology and interviews with John Glynn and Cerner representatives will be available.

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