Neighbor's Halloween Party

On Saturday, we attended our neighbors Halloween Party. I decided to make some fun treats...mice. These are peanut butter and rice crispy balls- shaped like mice, covered in chocolate with almond ears, a M&M nose and licorice tail. My mice were a little "fat", so I decided to call them pigs instead. Well they must of been a hit, there was none left. =) Thought you'd enjoy some pictures of the Lady Bugs.

Dad was busy drinking, eating and taking picture. He was a beer keg. Pictures to come.

Back in KC

Once again, I spent most of my week in Columbia Missouri. I posted on here before the MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) Cerner signed with the University to work on a contract by the end of the year. That is what I am actively working on negotiating and completing. My division did have other good news at the start of this month that I didn't post. We signed our first contract with NCH in Naples Florida. Cerner will officially run the hospitals IT department at the end of this month. We started this division 9 months ago and we have one contract signed and a MOU with another. 2009 has been a great year for us so far and we hope it continues in 2010.

A new hairdo

When I picked up Madison from school on Tuesday, she had little pigtails. Her teachers decided to put her hair in pigtails and butterfly clips. Thought you'd enjoy...

A walk with Dad...

On Monday evening, Darin and Madison went on a walk while I went to get my flu shot.

Carolyn's Pumkin Patch

On Friday afternoon CernerKids and Cerner Innovations had family evening at Carolyn's Pumpkin Patch. Darin and I took Madison last year when she was about two months old. This year was quite a different experience, now that she is walking. We had a wonderful time. First we took pictures in front of the "how tall are you." Madison stood there for a moment. Then we walked around to see some goats. Madison was quite amazed and called them "dogs." Don't worry everything is a dog right now, even Darin and I. Actually just me! Then we went to the petting zoo area, saw some chicks, roosters, goats and pigs. Madison was fascinated with the goat named, Buddy. After the petting zoo, we stopped for some pumpkin donuts, animal crackers, and cider, then went on a train ride. Once completed with the train ride we saw some bunny rabbits or "dogs." After about an hour it was starting to cool down, so we decided to call it an afternoon. We had fun.

Growing Up

Today was Madison's first day as a Silly Seal (12-18 month classroom at CernerKids). She had a great day. All of these kids are very mobile and there is a routine nap from 12:00-3:00pm, which Madison has been taking 15 minute naps. However today, she slept from 12:00 to 2:05...wow! She had a great day, she went swimming, painted and glued farm animals and looked at the farm animal book. Apparently this morning, she brought a Toddler Friends book to her teacher with her (Madison) picture face up. Her teacher thought that was super cute. Darin picked her up from school today. He told me that Madison was eating whole cookies (animal cookies) when he arrived. He said my heart would have stopped, because I break up her cookies into 15-20 pieces. =) Glad to hear she had a great first day.

Books...Books..Books..

Madison loves BOOKS. She will bring you any book and wants you to read it to her then and NOW! If you are not fast enough, she'll have a loud scream for you. However, tonight as I was running the bath water, I looked over and she was sitting in her chair reading her books, just talking to herself.

This week at school it is Petweek. We brought in a picture of Madison and Sonic, well they're both in the picture, not exactly together. Madison saw her picture on the wall this morning and said, "DOG"..Her teacher said, "what did you say," Madison said, "DOG." In addition to that Madison knows sign (sign language) for four things: food, milk, more and done. Again, like father, like daughter.

Another Article on the Institute

http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2009/sep/28/um-announces-medical-technology-deal/

The University of Missouri's Health Care System and Cerner Corp. have entered into an agreement expected to have a $100 million impact.
Administrators Monday afternoon unveiled the so-called Tiger Institute for Health Innovation aimed to improve electronic health records at the university's hospitals and clinics, make information technology more efficient and possibly generate new revenues.
"The Tiger Institute is expected to have an estimated $100 million positive impact to MU through Cerner's investment, savings and future expected revenue through innovations created in this institute over 10 years," UM System President Gary Forsee said.
The partnership means 100 health information technology workers will become Cerner employees next year. Forsee said their compensation and benefit packages will be comparable to what they currently earn at the university.
Cerner was given the contract to team up with the university without having to go through a bidding process. That's because it's a revenue-neutral extension of an existing partnership, Forsee said.

One of the projects I am working on...

http://kansascity.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2009/09/28/daily10.html


Cerner Corp. and the University of Missouri announced plans Monday to create a Tiger Institute for Health Innovation, which is expected to generate revenue for Cerner, save money for the university and potentially reduce health care costs statewide.
The agreement includes an unspecified amount of investment from North Kansas City-based Cerner (Nasdaq: CERN) and yet-to-be-determined contract payments from the university to Cerner. Those details remain to be worked out.
A final agreement is expected by the end of the year, Cerner Chief of Staff Jeff Townsend said in an interview.
One item of direct investment from Cerner, Townsend said, will be $2 million a year during the next decade for research and development of health care information technology improvements.
He said one of Cerner’s goals is to push more of its research and development program out to where the practitioners are working.
According to a joint news release from the university and Cerner, the institute eventually could extend health care information technology improvements to providers throughout the state.
Cerner estimates those improvements could reduce health care costs throughout the state by as much as $1 billion annually.
The release said the partnership also could be worth $100 million to the university when taking into account projected savings from the improved technology, Cerner investments and potential revenue from commercializing products created at the institute.
The institute is expected to “accelerate MU’s existing health care information technology projects with Cerner to create one of the nation’s most digitized health systems,” according to the release.
The institute is also expected to:
• Increase the number of health science and technology graduates at MU.
• Position MU health sciences schools as a hub for research and development of advanced uses of health information technology.
• Expand the Medical Home collaboration between Cerner and the university, a partnership that aims improve care for patients through better management of their health through education and secure messaging with their care provider.
Cerner is a health care information technology company. It ranks No. 12 on the Kansas City Business Journal’s list of area public companies.

Dancing Baby

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0JqO92ev2c&feature=popt18us16


click on the link up above