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HealthAlliance Hospital Integrates
Technologies From Siemens Medical Solutions And InnerWireless To
Enhance Productivity And Patient Care
Soarian® and the Medical-grade Wireless
Utility help increase time clinicians spend with patients
RICHARDSON, Texas and LEOMINSTER, Mass
Aug.
28, 2007
HealthAlliance Hospital today announced that it
is taking its workflow management solution from Siemens Medical
Solutions, Soarian®, wireless via devices supported by InnerWireless’ Medical-grade
Wireless Utility. HealthAlliance is adopting this unique approach
to provide unprecedented wireless services to physicians, staff
and patients to help increase productivity and enhance the healing
environment. Wireless signals are distributed throughout HealthAlliance
Hospital by InnerWireless’ Medical-grade Wireless Utility, a broadband
antenna system that supports virtually any wireless device including
hand-held computers, cell phones and pagers. HealthAlliance has
streamlined communications by allowing clinicians and staff to wirelessly
access Soarian, HealthAlliance’s hospital information system,
from anywhere in the facility. This mobility further improves the
clinicians’ workflow and facilitates decision-making at the
patient’s bedside.
“Wireless is where healthcare is headed. Our clinicians want
to be by the patient’s side, so we adopted wireless devices
including computers on wheels and PDAs,” said Rick Mohnk,
CIO of HealthAlliance Hospital. “HealthAlliance’s clinicians
are leveraging wireless devices to access the information they need,
anytime and anywhere, to help reduce medical errors, improve workflow
and increase communications, all for enhanced patient care. Of all
the wireless infrastructures we reviewed, only InnerWireless could
guarantee the wireless coverage required to keep our caregivers
connected to Soarian and to each other, and InnerWireless works
seamlessly with our Cisco network.”
“Rick Mohnk is a healthcare thought leader, and he works
tirelessly to ensure that HealthAlliance has the technology needed
to provide the best patient care possible,” said Chris Click,
vice president of marketing for InnerWireless. “InnerWireless
is proud that HealthAlliance chose the Wireless Utility to be the
backbone for all of its current and future wireless needs, including
cellular, two-way radio and wireless nurse calling. InnerWireless
is pleased to help HealthAlliance achieve its goals as one of America’s
most forward-thinking healthcare facilities.”
InnerWireless
and Siemens are used in other leading healthcare facilities,
including The Heart Center of Indiana, a state-of-the-art
complex of facilities and medical specialists focused on providing
advanced, specialized treatment of cardiovascular disease.
“Clinicians and patients are mobile but, in many healthcare
settings today, access to patient information is stationary. When
clinicians are required to use a stationary terminal they often
have to alter their workflow and may be forced to write down or
remember information until they can input it at a terminal, potentially
sacrificing time and accuracy,” said Gail Latimer, MSN, RN,
Chief Nursing Officer, Siemens Medical Solutions. “Due to
its web-native architecture, Soarian can run on any device that
supports its browser requirements, complementing the nomadic nature
of clinicians.”
About HealthAlliance Hospital
HealthAlliance Hospital is a full service, acute care hospital
that serves the communities of north central Massachusetts and
southern
New Hampshire. As a member of UMass Memorial Health Care, HealthAlliance
Hospital offers direct access to the advanced medical technology
and specialty services that are part of the region’s academic
medical center. The HealthAlliance system includes a hospital
with services on two campuses in Leominster and Fitchburg, a
regional cancer center, a visiting nurse association, and several
physician
practices. For more information about HealthAlliance, visit
www.healthalliance.com.
About Siemens Medical Solutions
Siemens Medical Solutions of Siemens AG (NYSE: SI) 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.siemens.com/medical-pressroom.
About InnerWireless
InnerWireless, Inc. enables wireless coverage inside large commercial,
healthcare and government buildings with its Wireless Utility,
a unified broadband distribution platform that supports multiple
wireless devices such as cellular/PCS, WMTS, WLAN, VoIP, and
two-way radios for security and first responders. For more information
about InnerWireless, visit www.InnerWireless.com.
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