National Institutes of Health to Implement Solution from Surgical Information Systems
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), one of the world’s foremost medical research centers, will soon be implementing technology from Surgical Information Systems (SIS), the leading provider of total perioperative information systems. Through its strategic partnership with Eclipsys, SIS will help NIH integrate their surgery department with their enterprise-wide clinical information system. SIS is the exclusive provider of the Eclipsys Sunrise Surgical Manager solution, and is known as the only fully integrated nursing and anesthesia solution on the market today. SIS technology will enable NIH to improve patient safety, enhance communication among members of clinical teams, and improve clinical and financial outcomes.
The NIH Clinical Center conducts clinical studies that translate scientific discoveries in the laboratory into new and better treatments and therapies. Information captured through SIS technology will help NIH achieve its clinical research goals, which include acquiring new knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose and treat disease and disability. Power Metrics, the latest technology innovation from SIS, will enable NIH to transform perioperative data into the business, operational and clinical knowledge required for making strategic decisions across the organization, combining traditionally disparate business data elements into a single, integrated product.
“It is an honor and a privilege to have the opportunity to partner with NIH in improving the world’s health care,” said Richard L. Jackson, president and CEO of Surgical Information Systems. “Our technology will make all relevant data collected before, during and after the surgical encounter immediately available to the entire clinical team to support better clinical decision making.” Jackson adds, “By providing NIH with real-time information, as well as the ability to unify and query on data across the clinical spectrum, SIS will provide NIH with the necessary tools to focus on clinical outcomes analysis and research of the perioperative experience, assuring the highest quality patient care and clinical research support available in the industry.”
The SIS solution will also help NIH streamline its processes by providing the solutions to coordinate scheduling, staffing, equipment and supplies throughout the surgery department, while effectively capturing surgical case documentation and eliminating redundancies.
About NIH
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research. The NIH helps to lead the way toward important medical discoveries, working to improve people’s health and save lives. For more information, visit http://www.nih.gov and http://cris.cc.nih.gov .
About SIS
Surgical Information Systems’ product satisfies four buyers within the hospital. It provides to the CFO a mission critical application for the hospital’s financial health; to the O.R. staff, an easy-to-use system that offers real time information, and is backed up by education and support services; to the patients, maximum patient safety; and to the hospital’s information technology staff, an easy to integrate and open architecture solution. To learn more about Surgical Information Systems solutions, visit us at the upcoming 2005 Annual HIMSS Conference and Exhibition, at Booth 1945.
Surgical Information Systems provides the most comprehensive integrated suite of modules focused specifically on the OR to supply clinicians and administrators with ALL the clinical and financial data relative to every surgical case. The system includes modules for case and staff scheduling, materials management, rules-based charging, and clinical documentation for pre-admission testing (PAT) through post-anesthesia care unit (PACU). Other modules include automated surgeon’s operative notes, and SIS PACS, which allows secure access to diagnostic images and videos from anywhere via the Internet. The company’s StatCom O.R. is a workflow communications tool that tracks the surgery department’s most important assets – patients, beds, staff and equipment. Rules & Alerts, the company’s newest solution, combines a comprehensive rules engine with a sophisticated messaging system to improve patient safety and manage the perioperative continuum. Together, the system enables healthcare professionals to provide the highest quality care at the lowest possible cost. The Surgical Information Systems product utilizes an open architecture and a Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows- or Unix-based operating system that is tied into an Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) database. The company also has a strategic alliance with Eclipsys Corporation (NASDAQ: ECLP), and is the exclusive provider of the Eclipsys Sunrise Surgical Manager solution. Visit the company’s Web site at www.ORsoftware.com .
