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1) Siemens Healthcare Company Backgrounder
The Siemens Healthcare Sector is one of the world’s largest suppliers to the healthcare industry
and a trendsetter in medical imaging, laboratory diagnostics, medical information technology
and hearing aids. Siemens offers its customers products and solutions for the entire range of
patient care from a single source – from prevention and early detection to diagnosis, and on to
treatment and aftercare. By optimizing clinical workflows for the most common diseases,
Siemens also makes healthcare faster, better and more cost-effective. Siemens Healthcare
employs some 48,000 employees worldwide and operates around the world. In fiscal year 2011
(to September 30), the Sector posted revenue of 12.5 billion euros and profit of around 1.3
billion euros. For further information please visit: www.siemens.com/healthcare.
2) Product and Solution Overviews
Soarian® Enterprise
Every day the healthcare system becomes more complex and difficult to navigate. Providers like
you need a way to connect it all, and that's what Soarian does. It builds connections.
Embedded business intelligence connects executives to analytics so they can anticipate and
adapt to change. Contract-driven processing connects each part of the revenue cycle for
seamless financial performance. Integrated clinical workflow connects clinicians to patient data
and to one another, helping foster collaboration and deliver patient-centric care.
It all comes together in contemporary system architecture; so more people in more places can
connect with Soarian. These connections help improve every part of the care process, which
means healthier patients and more efficient providers.
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Soarian includes an embedded business intelligence that connects executives to
analytics so they can anticipate and adapt to change.
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Soarian unites each part of the revenue cycle for seamless financial performance by
using contract-driven processing.
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Soarian helps foster collaboration by connecting clinicians to patient data, and to one
another, with a clinical workflow.
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Soarian comes together in contemporary system architecture, so more people in more
places can connect with Soarian.
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Soarian Clinicals
Every day, the care continuum becomes more complex, and the coordination of care delivery
becomes more difficult. Providers like you need a way to connect it all. And that's what Soarian
does. It builds connections.
An integrated workflow connects clinicians to patient data and to one another, helping foster
collaboration and deliver patient-centric care. Analytics measure performance, so providers can
connect current efforts with future improvements. And an adaptable design connects it all,
allowing organizations to respond to change in today’s dynamic clinical environment.
It comes together in contemporary system architecture; so more people in more places can
connect with Soarian. Which can lead to healthier patients and more efficient providers.
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Soarian Clinicals is designed to help healthcare organizations foster effective
communication and collaboration that brings about sustainable improvements in the
quality and efficiency of care delivery
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Soarian Clinicals embedded workflow helps synchronize clinical activities, supporting
greater transparency, accountability and adherence to best practice. Overall, it
facilitates effective interdisciplinary communication for complex care coordination.
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Analytics helps to monitor organizational performance, measure progress and
identify opportunities for further improvement
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Adaptable system design enables organizations to tailor the system and reporting to
meet the unique needs of specialized clinical workflows.
Soarian Revenue Cycle Management
Every day, healthcare’s regulatory and reimbursement environment becomes more complex
and difficult to navigate. Providers like you need a way to connect it all. That's what Soarian
does. It builds connections.
Rules-driven workflow connects the entire revenue cycle for seamless financial performance. An
embedded contract engine adapts to emerging payment models, so providers can stay
connected to a changing market place. And a comprehensive system connects it all, lowering
the cost of ownership by reducing the need for multiple applications.
It comes together in contemporary system architecture; so more people in more places can
connect with Soarian. These connections help improve every part of the care process, which
means healthier patients and a healthier bottom line.
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The embedded rules driven workflow design automates claim creation, validates
data capture. Accurate data capture works to extend accountability and adherence
to best practices across revenue cycle process
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The embedded contract engine works with current payment models and adapts to
support emerging payment models
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Soarian Revenue Cycle is a comprehensive system that reduces the need for
disparate surround applications, improving the total cost of ownership.
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Soarian supports orchestration of all activities from patient identification and
scheduling to financial clearance and patient intake.
For more information about Soarian, please visit our Website:
http://www.siemenssoarian.com/
Siemens Pharmacy
Siemens Pharmacy is designed by pharmacists to streamline medication distribution and the
pharmacy’s clinical and management functions. It helps providers streamline and track the
medication-use process, and support related quality assurance initiatives. Siemens Pharmacy is
designed to enable healthcare organizations to meet and exceed their goals of maximizing
pharmacy resources, improving departmental workflow, and supporting their patient safety
initiatives.
Med Administration Check™
Med Administration Check helps support hospital patient safety initiatives for positive patient
identification and enables nurses to document medication administration using bar-code
technology. Med Administration Check was designed by nurses and pharmacists to support and
improve nursing medication administration workflow, with online, point-of-care information
technology that helps reduce human error. The solution helps the clinician verify the “rights” of
administration: right patient, right drug, right time, right dose, and right route, and facilitates the
right documentation.
Soarian Critical Care
Soarian Critical Care extends Soarian to the Intensive Care setting. It enables dynamic critical
care data management with medical device integration and support for the complex flowsheet
charting into the enterprise patient record. Care providers will have an integrated view of the full
clinical record right at the bedside. Central and point-of-care charting enables nurses and
physicians to complete their work where it is most convenient.
Soarian Emergency Department
Soarian ED provides the Emergency Department staff advanced tools to help improve efficiency
and streamline workflow. The solution uses the same patient database, the same workflow
engine, and other components built into Soarian Clinicals. The result is an enterprise-wide view
of the patient. The data are captured once and reused wherever it is needed – not only in the
ED department. Soarian ED includes an electronic tracking board that enables the clinician to
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follow their patient’s progress through the department. It provides tools to the care team to
assist them in managing and prioritizing the care of their patients.
Soarian Enterprise Document Management
Soarian Enterprise Document Management (Soarian EDM) transforms your documents from
paper into a digital, virtual world. Universal access to clinical, financial, and administrative
reports and documents is simplified through an efficient, web-based solution allowing access
from wherever end users can gain access. Soarian EDM provides a broad spectrum of
solutions that includes document imaging capture and archiving and workflow features that
manage the flow of documents throughout the healthcare enterprise, including those required by
physicians for completion of the legal health record.
Soarian Agile Implementation Methodology (AIM)
The Soarian solution has been engineered with a deliberate focus on implementability, which is
inherent in the overall product design. Siemens goal is to dramatically reduce the overall workeffort by deploying a product designed for workflow with patented innovation in implementation
tools and approach. The Soarian Agile Implementation Methodology (Soarian AIM) is based on
an innovative deliverables-based framework that organizes work in a structured, simple way
within a pre-loaded environment, it is designed to help accelerate customers’ path to meaningful
outcomes in less time, and at lower costs.
Siemens Healthcare Private Cloud
Note: The Siemens Healthcare private cloud messaging applies to customers who have
purchased Soarian with remote hosting capability
Siemens, one of the most trusted names in healthcare technology around the world, has been
securely providing private cloud computing services to the healthcare industry for more than 40
years. The Siemens Healthcare Private Cloud is one of the most modern, most effective, and
easiest to implement delivery models we offer. Our private healthcare network, medical-grade
infrastructure, and highly-qualified personnel provide our nearly 1,000 healthcare customers with
the highest possible levels of security, availability, and performance.
The Siemens infrastructure for cloud computing services is truly medical-grade, providing the
comprehensive healthcare IT foundation needed to maximize functionality, add value to existing
IT investments, and provide the cornerstone for future IT enhancements. The Siemens
Healthcare Private Cloud further enhances our services while increasing overall agility, speed-to
value, and quality. Our Cloud has the elasticity to provide hardware resources on demand. This
includes storage, CPU, memory, and network bandwidth. Automated optimizations are driven by
Service Level Agreements, and increased remote access and authentication options will
significantly improve mobility. With the Siemens Healthcare Private Cloud, you have a trusted
partner with the proven security policies, technology, and resources to handle your highly
sensitive Protected Health Information.
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3. How Soarian Meets Your Key Business Drivers
Soarian helps organizations to proactively address current issues such as patient safety initiatives, regulatory
compliance, and meaningful use criteria - and respond more flexibly to changes in healthcare as they arise. The
Table below shows how Soarian combined with other components of the Siemens broad IT portfolio can help
organizations address their key business drivers.
Business Objectives
Improve Coordination of Care
Address Patient Safety Initiatives
Address Medication Safety Initiatives
Meet Regulatory and Industry Initiatives
Establish an Electronic Health Record
Soarian®
Solution Attributes
With an industry-leading workflow engine that pushes
multiple tasks to multiple people – across care settings,
departments, and disciplines – Soarian helps
coordinate teamwork among clinicians.
Because Soarian proactively identifies patient risk
factors, provides point of care clinical decision support,
and escalates potential delays and adverse events, the
system helps clinicians improve the delivery of
healthcare services.
The Siemens medication management solution
provides innovative tools for helping hospitals address
a full range of medication safety requirements – from
helping clinicians to identify possible drug therapy
conflicts, to safeguarding medication administration, to
facilitating medication reconciliation.
Soarian Clinicals helps organizations to proactively
address regulatory compliance, and meaningful use
criteria.
Soarian Clinicals delivers model workflows such as
patient fall risk and infection control that are designed
to help you address quality metrics such as CMS, the
Joint Commission, and “meaningful use” measures.
There are currently more than 300 workflows live
across more than 50 Soarian Clinicals customer sites
worldwide.
Soarian is a key component in the execution of your
EHR strategy. It offers key electronic health record
capabilities such as comprehensive view of patient
information, computerized physician order entry
(CPOE), clinical decision support, clinical reporting and
medication management to help you achieve
meaningful use of a certified Electronic Health Record.
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Business Objectives
Meet Meaningful Use Requirements
Soarian®
Solution Attributes
With a combination of advanced features, workflows,
interoperability, and decision support/analytics,
Siemens enables you to achieve “Meaningful Use”
under ARRA provisions. Soarian is a certified
electronic health record (EHR) system, supporting
healthcare provider's attestation of Meaningful Use.
Soarian Clinicals version 3.2 (EHR 2010) achieved
Complete EHR ONC-ATCB 2011/2012* certification on
October 29, 2010.
*The Siemens Complete and Modular EHRs are 2011/2012 compliant and
have been certified by the Certification Commission for Health Information
Technology (CCHIT®), an ONC-ATCB, in accordance with the applicable
certification criteria for Hospitals adopted by the Secretary of Health and
Human Services. These certifications do not represent an endorsement by
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services or guarantee the
receipt of incentive payments. For a comprehensive listing of the Siemens
applications tested for the Complete and Modular EHR certifications, and
other details on the certification, please go to www.siemens.com/arrahitech.
Support Continuous Quality Improvement
Timely, Efficient, Cost Effective Care
Promote Widespread System Adoption
Soarian’s unique workflow technology solution enables
your organization to design streamlined workflows,
synchronize work across the organization, analyze the
outcomes of implemented processes, and adapt those
processes for continuous improvement.
Through its advanced workflow architecture, Soarian
helps the care team dynamically delegate and manage
activities. By optimally scheduling tasks and
resources, the system reduces the time it takes to
complete tasks, tracks resources consumed, and
increases patient throughput.
Siemens understands the dynamic nature of the
physician and nursing environments and has designed
Soarian to be easily adaptable to their challenges.
Soarian is simple to use –clinicians are not more than a
few clicks away from the information they need.
System tools such as role-based views of information,
actionable worklists, plans of care, and clinical
summary help clinicians with decision making by
presenting the right information to the right person at
the right time.
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Business Objectives
Manage and Measure Performance
Optimize your Revenue Cycle Workflow
Foster Effective Communication and
Collaboration
Promote Evidence-based Decision Making
Implementation Speed to Value
Soarian®
Solution Attributes
With Soarian, monitoring is built in instead of bolted on.
Because Soarian’s analysis tools are embedded,
organizations can make continuous workflow
improvements, easily track key performance
indicators, and rapidly see which processes are
working and which need to be modified. Functional
metrics and key performance indicators can reveal root
causes, correlations, or impact—such as where
patients are kept waiting, which best practices are
being followed and which are not, and track core
measure performance.
Soarian is engineered to help make your enterprise
efficient. It includes intelligent process management
features such as workflows, worklists, embedded payer
rules, and an integrated contract engine, which work
together to proactively promote clean claims
generation from the moment the encounter is created.
Soarian is designed to help clinicians make care
process decisions as opposed to traditionally
documenting care. The embedded workflow engine
within Soarian provides an innovative tool that
facilitates interdisciplinary connectivity, collaboration,
and accountability. Soarian pushes tasks to worklists,
presents clinicians with notifications of changes in the
patient condition, sends reminders for next steps in the
care process, and escalates incomplete or delayed
processes to help the clinician improve patient care. It
will empower caregivers to design, coordinate,
streamline, and adapt the patient’s plan of care in line
with organization and regulatory demands.
Soarian’s Knowledge Management infrastructure
empowers the care team to practice more informed
medicine by making evidence-based content
accessible and usable at the point of care.
Organizations can promote best practice standards
necessary for quality, efficiency, and patient-centered
care.
Soarian’s key implementation innovations (such as a
working starter model) and implementation toolkit
enables customers to quickly and efficiently install the
new system with automation of key reference files, data
conversions, and deployment of model interfaces,
helping you accelerate your path to meaningful use.
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Business Objectives
Delivered on “Services Oriented Architecture”
Soarian®
Solution Attributes
Soarian was built from the ground up on a Service
Oriented Architecture (SOA) -which sets Soarian apart
among other healthcare information systems. SOA is a
leading-edge technical architecture which is widely
recognized as the “next generation” solution with a
significant future life expectancy. You can expect to:
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Adapt to change with agility.
Access, analyze, and apply information
from disparate clinical and financial
management resources.
Deliver evidence-based medicine and
personalized healthcare.
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