Originally Published MX September/October 2004

COVER STORY

Achieving the vision of an IT-based healthcare system will require a lot more than just run-of-the-mill software. But some manufacturers are making great strides toward the goal.

A new entry in the field is Soarian, a new-generation, enterprisewide healthcare information solution from Siemens Medical Solutions (Erlangen, Germany). The system powers the integrated digital healthcare enterprise by managing workflow from all points throughout the organization. The company designed Soarian to deliver on an ambitious set of goals:

• Seamless automation of manual processes across the enterprise.
• Continuous reengineering of processes to enable best practices and eliminate redundancies.
• Development, analysis, and instant electronic sharing of best practices to create knowledge that will advance standards of care industrywide.

Soarian integrates clinical, financial, diagnostic, and administrative processes to support patient-centered care.