Originally Published MX September/October 2004
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Achieving the vision of an IT-based healthcare system will require a lot more than just run-of-the-mill software. But some manufacturers are making great strides toward the goal.
A new entry in the field is Soarian, a new-generation, enterprisewide healthcare information solution from Siemens Medical Solutions (Erlangen, Germany). The system powers the integrated digital healthcare enterprise by managing workflow from all points throughout the organization. The company designed Soarian to deliver on an ambitious set of goals:
- Seamless automation of manual processes across the enterprise.
- Continuous reengineering of processes to enable best practices and eliminate redundancies.
- Development, analysis, and instant electronic sharing of best practices to create knowledge that will advance standards of care industrywide.
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| Soarian integrates clinical, financial, diagnostic, and administrative processes to support patient-centered care. |
An Internet-based solution, Soarian integrates clinical, financial, diagnostic, and administrative processes to support patient-centered care. The solution is distinguished by three innovative characteristics: workflow engineering to synchronize processes across the healthcare enterprise, smart user interfaces designed to accommodate tasks based on the roles of individual users, and embedded analytics that empower users to monitor and measure enterprise performance and act on those conclusions.
According to Siemens, customers using Soarian are finding they are able to eliminate fragmented processes and delays that have long plagued healthcare. By seamlessly integrating information with diagnostic images from a variety of medical modalities in one location, Soarian helps facilitate more-informed decisionmaking—leading to improved care delivery, increased staff satisfaction, and more-efficient business practices.
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