Siemens Announces Latest Contracts, Recent 'Go Lives,' and Strong Customer Support for its Workflow-Enhancing Healthcare IT Solu
April 05 2009 - 9:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Multiple customer agreements for Soarian Clinicals and Siemens
surround clinical applications help define a banner year for the
system that streamlines the flow of clinical information to support
hospital patient-safety initiatives. CHICAGO, April 5
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Siemens
(http://www.siemens.com/healthcare) today announced new customer
contracts and installations, along with strong existing-customer
support, for its enterprise-wide clinical workflow system Soarian
Clinicals, at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems
Society (HIMSS) 2009 Annual Conference and Exhibition in Chicago.
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Soarian Clinicals, which is being showcased in the Siemens HIMSS
booth (#2036), offers a revolutionary workflow-driven design that
addresses the dynamic nature of patient care. It positions
healthcare organizations to manage processes, as well as clinical
data, from beginning to end - across departments, disciplines, and
care settings - to help improve operational efficiencies and the
business of healthcare. Soarian's differentiator comes from
Healthcare Process Management (HPM), and its performance and
longevity for the future is derived from the Soarian Service
Oriented Architecture (SOA). Powered by HPM, Soarian Clinicals
utilizes the advanced, time-sensitive workflow engine and knowledge
management framework. HPM, combined with the Soarian SOA, provides
organizations with greater agility to adapt to change when and
where it's needed. Today, Soarian-driven workflows are being
deployed globally to support key quality and regulatory
initiatives, such as those defined by Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services (CMS), the Joint Commission (JC) Core Measures,
key objectives of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's (IHI)
Five Million Lives Campaign, and providers' own internal quality
measures. Siemens has more than 110 participants in industry
organizations, with over 30 situated in a leadership positions that
contribute expertise on a wide range of industry topics. New
Customer Agreements and Installations Currently, more than 240
Soarian-enabled workflows are live across Siemens' global customer
base and over 300 Soarian modules are now live in the US. The
341-bed acute care Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical
Center in Plattsburg, NY, recently signed on for Soarian Clinicals,
in addition to Soarian Emergency Department, Soarian Device
Connect, and other surround applications. "The potential of
workflow and process management tools to address real world issues
was a differentiator in the selection of Soarian Clinicals,
"explained Rosemary Miller, Associate Vice President, ISS at
Champlain. "This is a major strategic IT move for CVPH Medical
Center. We anticipate that redesign of our workflows utilizing this
technology will enhance productivity, getting the right information
into the hands of the clinicians to provide a safe environment and
effective care." In addition to this latest agreement, two other
healthcare institutions are benefitting from the implementation of
Soarian Clinicals after further functionality was successfully
installed in their facilities. At Main Line Health in Bryn Mawr,
PA, Soarian clinical documentation is currently online at four out
of five of its hospitals, while Soarian orders management is live
at three of its five hospitals. Plus, an additional computerized
physician order entry (CPOE) pilot is also underway there. "Soarian
has provided our clinicians with a consolidated record of patient
information," said Karen Thomas, VP and CIO of Main Line Health.
"Physician, nurses, and other caregivers can now go to one place to
find patient medications, vital signs, lab results, radiology
results, EKG strips, images, and scanned records. This has led to
clinician satisfaction, and has saved time typically spent looking
for the charts." The multi-facility Catholic Health System in
Buffalo, NY, also recently experienced another Soarian "go-live,"
following the successful implementations of Soarian clinical
results and Soarian orders management in June 2007. Their latest
installation was for Soarian clinical documentation, which occurred
at their 389-bed Mercy hospital location, making it the fourth and
final Catholic Health System facility to utilize the innovative
clinical-documentation software. Soarian Clinicals Helps Customers
Achieve Results According to Anne Trafford, Vice President,
Information Management and CIO at St. Michaels' Hospital in
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Soarian Clinicals' workflow engine
technology is what distinguishes the suite of applications from
others in the field. Since activating Soarian's workflow technology
powered by HPM in February 2008, the large Catholic teaching,
research, and trauma hospital has been optimizing daily practice
efficiencies - as well as patient care and safety - through new
workflow abilities that deliver the right electronic information
into clinicians' hands at the right time, enabling them to make
immediate actions in a way manual processes can't achieve.
"Response to our workflows have been quite staggeringly positive
from both a data results perspective and from our clinicians'
feedback," explained Trafford, noting that they have four live
workflows to date and several more planned for the future. "By
having the most sophisticated electronic clinical information
system, all based on workflow, we are driving efficiencies and
setting ourselves apart from our peers." The Siemens Healthcare
Sector 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 is the
first integrated healthcare 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. Additionally, Siemens Healthcare is the global market leader
in innovative hearing instruments. The company employs around
49,000 people worldwide and operates in 130 countries. In the
fiscal year 2008 (Sept. 30), Siemens Healthcare reported sales of
euro 11.2 billion, orders of euro 11.8 billion, and Sector profit
of euro 1.2 billion. Further information can be found by visiting
http://www.siemens.com/healthcare.
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