Clients replace legacy OR systems and expand clinical
interoperability with Picis total perioperative automation
WAKEFIELD, Mass.--(Business Wire)--
Picis today announced agreements with six major health systems in
the United States and Canada to replace their existing operating room
(OR) and anesthesia information systems (AIS) with Picis' solutions.
These leading institutions consist of Bellevue Hospital Center in New
York City, Enloe Medical Center and Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare
of California, The Ottawa Hospital of Ontario, Tufts Medical Center in
Boston, Mass., and University Health System, San Antonio, Tex.
"We believe that Picis continues to be the system of choice for
hospitals that want to automate their entire perioperative suite,"
said Todd Cozzens, CEO and vice chairman at Picis. "Today's operating
room is expected to be the most efficient and highest revenue
producing department of the hospital, yet it is also where patient
safety is at highest risk. The leading health systems cannot afford to
compromise with systems that do just the basics. The environment today
is too demanding, and that's why more health providers choose Picis
than any other system."
Highlights include:
-- Bellevue Hospital Center, New York
Bellevue Hospital Center (BHC), the largest city hospital in the
United States and part of New York Health and Hospitals, one the
largest integrated delivery networks on the East Coast consisting of
more than 20 sites. BHC selected Picis to automate care across a
patient's perioperative experience from preoperative documentation to
surgery and post anesthesia care unit (PACU)/recovery. The hospital
plans to replace two legacy, disparate OR management and anesthesia
systems (Drager Medical and Mediware Information Systems, Inc.) with
Picis' total perioperative automation capability. This agreement
supports Picis' already strong hold in the large academic hospital
market in New York City, which already includes clients from
prestigious medical centers such as New York-Presbyterian Hospital,
Mount Sinai Hospital and Montefiore Health System. Bellevue Hospital
Center plans to implement the complete Picis total perioperative
automation suite including OR Manager, Anesthesia Manager, Preop
Manager, PACU Manager, Quality Manager, SmarTrack(R), and
Extelligence(R), all key components of the CareSuite family of
high-acuity solutions.
-- Enloe Medical Center, California
Enloe Medical Center, which serves more than 400,000 residents in
a six-county region in Northern California, selected Picis Anesthesia
Manager to automate its anesthesia care continuum and provide
integration capabilities with its Medical Information Technology, Inc.
(Meditech) clinical system.
-- Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital, California
Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital (SVMH), a 269-bed acute care
hospital in California, is upgrading its existing Picis medSURG
information system to coincide with the hospital information system
upgrade to the Meditech client/server platform. In addition, SVMH has
added anesthesia and PACU documentation automation with Picis to
replace a legacy anesthesia product and provide seamless integration
specifically between the OR nursing records and anesthesia, and also
between anesthesia and PACU. This capitalizes on Picis' proven
interoperability with the Meditech information system for end-to-end
clinical interoperability.
-- The Ottawa Hospital, Ontario
The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) is one of the largest teaching hospitals
in Canada and an existing Picis customer. TOH has extended its highly
successful OR Manager implementation toward total perioperative
automation, replacing disparate systems with Picis anesthesia
information management and PACU modules to improve continuity of care.
-- Tufts Medical Center
Tufts Medical Center, a 451-bed world-class academic medical
center and the principal teaching hospital for Tufts University School
of Medicine, has selected Picis as part of an initiative to improve
the organizational capability of its operating rooms and to put tools
in place to tighten operations. Surgery is a core part of the Tufts
Medical Center business, and Picis OR Manager, SmarTrack and
Extelligence are designed to help them optimize their business
efficiency.
-- University Health System, San Antonio
University Health System, (UHS), a multi-facility organization
with 404 licensed beds, is one of the most prestigious healthcare
systems in South Texas. UHS recently selected Picis Anesthesia
Manager, Preop Manager and Extelligence modules for total
perioperative automation. To help maximize the efficiency and
effectiveness of this technology, UHS also plans to use Optimization
Services, part of Picis' Business Transformation Services, in which
experienced consultants work closely with UHS staff to identify
specific goals and focus their use of the technology to fully reach
the automated system's potential, while implementing "best practices."
About Picis
Picis is a global provider of innovative information solutions
that enable rapid and sustained delivery of clinical, financial and
operational results in the acute care areas of the hospital. These
high-acuity areas include the emergency department, operating and
recovery rooms, and intensive care units. Picis offers the most
advanced suite of integrated products focused on these life-critical
areas of the hospital where the patients are the most vulnerable, the
care process is the most complex and an increasing majority of
hospital costs and potential revenue are concentrated. Headquartered
in Wakefield, Massachusetts, Picis has licensed systems for use in
more than 1,700 hospitals in 19 countries. More information is
available at www.picis.com.
Picis, CareSuite, SmarTrack and Extelligence are registered
trademarks of Picis, Inc. (C) 2008 Picis, Inc. All rights reserved.
All other trademarks mentioned herein are the properties of their
respective owners. This press release contains express or implied
forward-looking statements relating to, among other things, Picis'
expectations concerning the functionality, expected performance and
market acceptance of its products. These statements are neither
promises nor guarantees, but are subject to a variety of risks and
uncertainties, many of which are beyond Picis' control, which could
cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated in
these forward-looking statements.
Picis
Ann Joyal, 1 781-557-3000
Corporate Communications
PR-Contact@picis.com
or
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