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Operator Welcome to Cerner's Corporation First Quarter 2021 Conference Call. Today's date is May 5, 2021, [Operator Instructions] I would now like to turn the call over to your host, Allan Kells, SVP, Investor Relations. Allan Kells -- Senior Vice President, Investor Relations Thank you. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us. On the call with me today are Brent Shafer, Chairman and CEO; Mark Erceg, our new Chief Financial Officer; Donald Trigg, our President; and Travis Dalton, our Chief Client and Services Officer. Brent will start off the call with observations on our busine...

Memorial Hermann, Houston, Texas Houston-based Memorial Hermann Health System had a problem: Its providers often were not documenting all the diagnoses managed in the acute care setting. Coders and clinical documentation-improvement specialists spend several hours each week educating physicians on the implications of missing or nonspecific diagnosis. Over the last several years, the informatics division partnered with CDI specialists in the acute care venues to design and implement interruptive EHR alerts that prompt physicians to enter diagnoses when specific criteria are met. Clinical docum...