Ceridian

Ceridian is not an EMR/EHR vendor. The company, formally known as Ceridian HCM Holding Inc., is a global human capital management (HCM) software company that provides cloud-based solutions for payroll, benefits, workforce management, talent management, and HR administration through its flagship platform Dayforce. Founded in 1992 and headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with significant operations in Toronto, Canada, Ceridian serves organizations across multiple industries including healthcare, but does not provide electronic medical records or electronic health records systems.

The confusion regarding Ceridian as an EMR/EHR vendor likely stems from its presence in the healthcare industry as an HCM solution provider. Healthcare organizations—including hospitals, medical practices, and health systems—use Ceridian Dayforce to manage their workforce operations, including employee scheduling, time tracking, payroll processing, benefits administration, and compliance management. This is fundamentally different from clinical documentation and patient care management systems.

Ceridian's Dayforce platform is designed as a single application with a unified data model, allowing HR, payroll, benefits, talent management, and workforce management to operate from one system. For healthcare organizations, this means managing clinical and non-clinical staff schedules, tracking labor costs, ensuring compliance with healthcare-specific labor regulations, and managing the complex payroll requirements of healthcare workers. The platform can integrate with actual EMR/EHR systems used by healthcare providers, but it does not replace them.

Ceridian went public on the Toronto Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange in 2018. The company maintains enterprise-grade security certifications including SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001, and ensures HIPAA compliance for healthcare clients who may process protected health information through their workforce management systems. However, it does not hold ONC certification or other EMR/EHR-specific certifications because it does not provide clinical documentation functionality.

Healthcare organizations looking for EMR/EHR solutions should consider vendors like Epic, Cerner (Oracle Health), Meditech, athenahealth, or eClinicalWorks. Ceridian should be evaluated as a workforce management and HCM solution to complement, not replace, clinical systems.