Debbie Heard is an Advisory Physician Alignment Executive at Cerner Corporation in Kansas City, Missouri, where she focuses on physician relationships, works to understand needs and address barriers to adoption of the EMR, facilitates workflow improvements, and identifies opportunities for solution enhancements in an effort to improve the provider experience. Debbie received her nursing degree from St. John’s School of Nursing in Missouri, her Masters of Business Administration from Baker University in Kansas, and has been board certified in Informatics Nursing since 2005.