MALVERN, Pa., Sept. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children (TSRHC) in Dallas has become the latest hospital to sign with Siemens Medical Solutions (www.usa.siemens.com/medical) to implement the functionally rich MedSeries4(R) health information system (HIS), which was designed specifically to support rural and community healthcare providers in their IT adoption efforts.
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The system is expected to be implemented in early 2008 and includes solutions for patient care and enterprise resource management, as well as laboratory, pharmacy, radiology and document management systems. The Siemens IT systems to be installed for these solutions include MedSeries4(R), NOVIUS(R) Lab, Siemens Pharmacy, syngo(R) Workflow, Enterprise Document Management and Siemens OPENLink(TM) respectively.
MedSeries4 is expected to help TSRHC deliver state-of-the-art functionality, including browser-based workflow for clinicians, while providing a cost-effective solution that enhances the hospital’s patient safety initiatives and enables easier access to patient information for physicians and staff.
“MedSeries4 addresses both our department-specific and interdisciplinary needs, eliminates redundant activities, and enables streamlined coordination of care processes, all while being a very easy system for our staff to use,” said Hunt Gregg, director of information systems at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. “We also anticipate that MedSeries4 will help us to move toward our long-term goal of creating an electronic health record for use and reference by physicians and staff in the inpatient and outpatient clinical settings.”
“It was very important to our clinical team evaluating MedSeries4 to choose a system that provides satisfactory functionality and strong support services, and this system fits those criteria,” Gregg added.
The MedSeries4 Clinical Suite provides the flexibility needed to tailor the implementation for the unique business needs of TSRHC. MedSeries4 clinical applications will lay the groundwork for computerized physician order entry (CPOE) and an electronic health record (EHR). Through the MedSeries4 Clinical Suite, medical staff at TSRHC will be able to readily access a current, integrated view of patient data from any Internet connection or wireless handheld device. Medical staff will also be able to utilize functionality in medication ordering and medication administration.
“The fact that facilities like Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children continue to embrace MedSeries4 demonstrates that the need for advanced IT solutions is not limited to larger healthcare systems,” said Janet Dillione, president, Health Services, the Healthcare IT Division of Siemens Medical Solutions. “The cost-effectiveness of MedSeries4 gives specialty facilities, like Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, the ability to invest in their health information technology infrastructure, while complying with the budget of a nonprofit, specialty hospital.”
MedSeries4 is installed in more than 425 community hospital facilities, from small single facilities to large multi-entity enterprises, many of which were represented at the 2007 MedSeries4 Vision Conference held in Salt Lake City in April. The Vision User Group is guided by a board of directors comprised of individuals directly employed by hospitals using MedSeries4 software to further ongoing product development and successful implementation of the software.
About Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children:
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children is one of the nation’s leading pediatric centers for the treatment of orthopedic conditions, certain related neurological disorders and learning disorders, such as dyslexia. There is no charge to patient families for treatment at the hospital, and admission is open to Texas children from birth to 18 years of age. For more information, to volunteer or to make a donation, please call (214) 559-5000 or (800) 421-1121 or visit www.tsrhc.org.
About Siemens Medical Solutions
Siemens Medical Solutions of Siemens AG is one of the world’s largest suppliers to the healthcare industry. The company is known for bringing together innovative medical technologies, healthcare information systems, management consulting, and support services, to help customers achieve tangible, sustainable, clinical and financial outcomes. Recent acquisitions in the area of in-vitro diagnostics -- such as Diagnostic Products Corporation and Bayer Diagnostics -- mark a significant milestone for Siemens as it becomes the first full service diagnostics company. Employing more than 41,000 people worldwide and operating in over 130 countries, Siemens Medical Solutions reported sales of 8.23 billion EUR, orders of 9.33 billion EUR and group profit of 1.06 billion EUR for fiscal 2006 (Sept. 30). Further information can be found by visiting www.usa.siemens.com/medical-pressroom.
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CONTACT: Michele Bowman of Siemens Medical Solutions, +1-610-448-3236,michele.bowman@siemens.com
