Soarian Plan of Care Assists Clinicians in Developing and Deploying Goal-Oriented Plans of Care
February 25 2008 - 9:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
PinnacleHealth and CentraState Healthcare System Sign with Siemens
for Soarian Plan of Care ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 25
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Siemens
(http://www.usa.siemens.com/healthcareit) today announced that
PinnacleHealth, a 750-bed, non-profit hospital and healthcare
system serving Central Pennsylvania, and CentraState Healthcare
System, a 272-bed, non-profit medical facility located in Freehold,
N.J., have each signed on to serve as beta sites for Soarian(R)
Plan of Care, a solution designed to support inter-disciplinary
care teams in defining and helping to manage patient problems,
interventions and expected outcomes, to provide care in order to
achieve desired outcomes and to generate new knowledge at the point
of care. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070904/SIEMENSLOGO ) Soarian
Plan of Care, which is being demonstrated this week at the
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2008
Annual Conference and Exhibition (Booth #3763) in Orlando, provides
nurses and other clinicians with a dynamic solution that can assist
in enhancing workflow, streamlining communication among the care
team, supporting evidence-based patient care decisions and
delivery, and increasing compliance. In addition, Soarian Plan of
Care will provide clinicians with the ability to use standardized
terminology, such as the International Classification for Nursing
Practice (ICNP(R)) and The Clinical Care Classification (CCC)
System. The ICNP, an established global standard, also forms the
base terminology for structured data needed to consistently drive
application processing and evaluate care delivery. "Soarian Plan of
Care will not only assist our customers in streamlining
communication among the care team and creating a roadmap of patient
treatment, but will also help to support more-informed decision
making as to the components of each individualized plan of care,"
explained Rosemary Kennedy, R.N., M.B.A., chief nursing informatics
officer, Health Services, Siemens Medical Solutions. Workflow will
be enhanced through Soarian Plan of Care in many ways. First,
clinicians will be able to quickly and easily access details on
patient problems, activities and goals, helping to improve
communication among care team members and to reduce time spent
locating crucial patient information. As a result, clinicians who
are beginning their shifts will be able to quickly and efficiently
access each of their patients' updated information and determine
what next steps need to be taken in each plan of care. Second, upon
the completion of patient assessments and evaluations, the solution
will help care givers in identifying the next steps in the planned
patient care and allows for adjustments to be made, based on the
most recent assessments. Clinicians will also be able to make
quicker and more effective decisions as to the components of each
plan of care as a result of the evidence-based functionality within
Soarian Plan of Care. Third, Soarian's workflow-engineered
infrastructure allows for alerts and triggers to take place anytime
a patient assessment or plan of care has not been completed within
a dictated period of time, reminding care givers of the necessary
action that needs to take place to ensure that each plan of care
remains on schedule. This specific function can also assist in
increased compliance of many patient safety and quality
initiatives, such as those developed by The Joint Commission and
the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). 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 billion (on a pro forma basis including
Dade Behring roughly euro 11 billion), 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
CentraState Healthcare System CentraState Healthcare System is a
non-profit community health organization consisting of an
acute-care hospital, an ambulatory campus, three senior living
communities, a Family Medicine Residency Program, and a charitable
foundation. It is a member of the Robert Wood Johnson Health
Network and a clinical research affiliate of The Cancer Institute
of New Jersey, a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive
Cancer Center. About PinnacleHealth PinnacleHealth is a non-profit
healthcare system serving Central Pennsylvania. The healthcare
network includes four campuses (Community, Cumberland, Harrisburg
and Polyclinic), FamilyCare physician practices, home health and
hospice services, FirstPlace urgent care center, outpatient surgery
and imaging centers, inpatient and outpatient care and an array of
other healthcare services. For a complete list of services, visit
our website at http://www.pinnaclehealth.org/.
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070904/SIEMENSLOGO
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Michele Bowman of Siemens Healthcare, +1-610-448-3236, Web site:
http://www.siemens.com/healthcare
http://www.usa.siemens.com/healthcareit
http://www.pinnaclehealth.org/
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