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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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