On March 31, company spokesperson Stephanie Greenwood said in an email to employees that the new deadline for employees at the Kansas City, Mo.-based EHR developer to be vaccinated was June 6 — the same day workers are expected to return to the office.
The company first announced that all employees must be vaccinated against COVID-19 in October and gave employees until Dec. 8 to be fully vaccinated.
The deadline is now being extended for all non-client facing U.S. associates who are working completely virtually.
Those employees who are patient- or client-facing, work at or travel to a client site or are already working in-person at Cerner’s campus were already required to be vaccinated.
Verona, Wis.-based Epic required employees to be fully vaccinated by Oct. 1
Westwood, Mass.-based Meditech has opted not to mandate the COVID-19 vaccine for its workers.
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