Cerner Health Conference 2020

As chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer of Cerner, Brent Shafer focuses on growing and expanding Cerner’s market-oriented business units, consumer brand, key strategic relationships and priority corporate initiatives.

In this keynote session, Eric Peterson, Fred Cobb Distinguished Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology at Duke University School of Medicine, and a member of the Duke Clinical Research Institute, and Cerner Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Brent Shafer will discuss the industry’s focus on solving current problems while preparing organizations to meet future needs. Topics will include how collaboration and innovation are empowering organizations to save time and enhance the quality of health care, improve everyday operations, create a brighter future using data-driven insights and eliminate health care inequities. Because health care is too important to stay the same.

Dr. Eric Topol is one of the leading innovators in medicine today, specializing in the use of artificial intelligence, “deep” data, and smart technology in the practice of individualized medicine. Also called precision medicine, individualized medicine tailors diagnosis, prevention, and treatment to the full biological and social profile of the individual, rather than the “average” human of traditional medical science. Dr. Eric Topol is the Founder and Director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute (SRTI). He also is Executive Vice President of Scripps Research and Professor of Molecular Medicine.

Robin Roberts is a Good Morning America co-anchor and bestselling author. She has received countless awards and accolades throughout her career, including five Emmy Awards for Outstanding Morning Program and the 2017 People’s Choice Award for Favorite Daytime TV Hosting Team during her time at Good Morning America. Robin shares her health journey with breast cancer, and struggles with MDS or myelodysplastic syndrome, a disease of the blood and bone marrow once known as pre-leukemia. Since her diagnoses, Robin uses her platform to inspire others to persevere and dream big regardless of their circumstances.