Siemens Receives CCHIT Certification for INVISION Clinicals With Siemens Pharmacy and Med Administration Check
February 01 2008 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
System Fulfills 100 Percent of Inpatient Certification Criteria
MALVERN, Pa., Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Siemens Medical
Solutions USA, Inc. (http://www.usa.siemens.com/healthcareit) today
announced that INVISION(R) Clinicals V27.0 with Siemens Pharmacy
V24.0 and Med Administration Check(TM) V24.0 has achieved full
CCHIT Certified(R) status from the Certification Commission for
Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT(R)) and meets CCHIT's
inpatient electronic health record (EHR) criteria for 2007.
Inpatient EHRs are designed for use in acute care hospitals. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070904/SIEMENSLOGO ) Siemens
received pre-market, conditionally certified status from CCHIT last
week for INVISION Clinicals V27.0 with Siemens Pharmacy V24.0 and
Med Administration Check(TM) V24.0 and received confirmation from
CCHIT this week on the product's now full CCHIT Certified status,
as its operational use in a hospital site has been verified. CCHIT
-- an independent, nonprofit organization -- is the Recognized
Certification Body in the United States for certifying health
information technology products. In addition to meeting foundation
standards such as security, certified inpatient products are
examined for clinician order entry (often called CPOE) and
medication administration capabilities (often called eMAR),
including related clinical decision support. As a CCHIT Certified
product, INVISION Clinicals V27.0 with Siemens Pharmacy V24.0 and
Med Administration Check V24.0 has been tested and passed
inspection of 100 percent of a set of criteria for CPOE and eMAR.
Siemens also received full CCHIT Certified status for Soarian(R)
Clinicals V2.0C5 with Siemens Pharmacy and Med Administration
Check(TM) V24.0 on December 19, 2007. "We are proud to be the first
inpatient vendor to have two CCHIT Certified products and feel that
this achievement helps to demonstrate our decades of experience in
the healthcare IT industry," stated Janet Dillione, chief executive
officer, Health Services, Siemens Medical Solutions. "Our Soarian
and INVISION solutions help many of our customers achieve positive
outcomes related to patient safety and operational efficiency on a
daily basis. We look forward to continuing to help our customers in
delivering the highest quality of healthcare to their patients
through the help of innovative healthcare IT solutions." Siemens
announced the general availability of INVISION V27.0 in December
2007 which allowed INVISION customers to take advantage of many
platform, database and application upgrades that would further
assist these healthcare organizations in streamlining the sharing
of crucial information across clinical, financial, and
administrative functions throughout the enterprise. The newest
version was also updated to better support patient safety
initiatives by offering enhanced allergy information designed to
improve clinical checking. The CCHIT Certified mark -- a "seal of
approval" for EHR products -- provides the first consensus-based,
government-recognized benchmark for inpatient EHR products. By
looking to products with the CCHIT Certified seal, acute care
providers can reduce their risk in selecting EHR products for CPOE
and eMAR. CCHIT's certification compliance criteria and its design
for a certification inspection process have been thoroughly
researched, taking into account the state of the art of EHRs and
available standards, and comparing certification processes in other
industries and other countries. About Siemens Healthcare Siemens
Healthcare is one of the world's largest suppliers to the
healthcare industry. The company is a renowned medical solutions
provider with core competence and innovative strength in diagnostic
and therapeutic technologies as well as in knowledge engineering,
including information technology and system integration. With its
laboratory diagnostics acquisitions, Siemens Healthcare will be the
first fully integrated diagnostics company, bringing together
imaging and lab diagnostics, therapy, and healthcare information
technology solutions, supplemented by consulting and support
services. Siemens Healthcare delivers solutions across the entire
continuum of care -- from prevention and early detection, to
diagnosis, therapy and care. The company employs more than 49,000
people worldwide and operates in 130 countries. In the fiscal year
2007 (Sept. 30), Siemens Healthcare reported sales of euro 9.85,
orders of euro 10.27 billion, and group profit of euro 1.32
billion. Further information can be found by visiting
http://www.siemens.com/healthcare. About CCHIT The Certification
Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT(R)) is an
independent, nonprofit organization that has been named by the
federal government as the Recognized Certification Body for health
information technology. Its mission is to accelerate the adoption
of health information technology by creating a credible,
sustainable certification program. The certification requirements
are based on widely accepted industry standards and involve the
work of hundreds of expert volunteers and input from a variety of
stakeholders throughout the health care industry. More information
on CCHIT and CCHIT Certified(R) products is available at
http://www.cchit.org/. "CCHIT(R)" and "CCHIT Certified(R)" are
marks of the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information
Technology.
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USA, Inc. CONTACT: Michele Bowman of Siemens Medical Solutions USA,
Inc., +1-610-448-3236 or Web site:
http://www.siemens.com/healthcare
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