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American Hospital Association Expands Its Surgical Information Systems Endorsement To Include The SIS Com Solution Enabling Powerful Patient Tracking And Communication

(January 8, 2010) - The American Hospital Association (AHA) endorses Surgical Information Systems (SIS) for its Surgery Scheduling System. AHA announces additional endorsed capabilities and functions to include SIS Com, a web-based workflow, communications and patient tracking solution that assists perioperative professionals communicate with their teams. AHA Solutions, Inc., a subsidiary of AHA, awards the AHA endorsement to organizations that help member hospitals and healthcare organizations achieve operational excellence.

AHA's endorsement process identified SIS for its automated intelligence to improve surgery scheduling systems. In response to interest from member hospitals, AHA has expanded the endorsement to include SIS Com for managing patient flow within the surgical department. This compliments the AHA - endorsed SIS Surgical Scheduling Solution portfolio consisting of SIS Patient Scheduling, SIS Staff Scheduling, SIS Reports, SIS Web and SIS Analytics. "Hospitals today are facing an increasingly competitive environment," said AHA Solutions President and CEO Anthony Burke. "The most successful facilities use their resources with maximum efficiency, facilitating communication while optimizing patient safety. SIS Com provides tangible benefits to the entire perioperative department, improving communication, resource utilization and ultimately financial performance."

SIS Com solves major challenges facing hospitals. SIS Com is a computer software program enabling patient tracking through custom care paths to proactively optimize patient flow. SIS Com processes information from multiple hospital systems to streamline the use of people, space, and equipment through the perioperative process.

SIS Com provides communications assistance through every step of the perioperative process to ensure the right resources are available at the right time. SIS Com can help the coordination of resources across the care process including areas such as Radiology, Housekeeping and Transportation. Easy-to-read graphical views display patient location as well as tracking a patient's progress. Real-time status updates are available on the electronic patient tracking boards used at the main desk, family waiting areas, nurse and physician break areas, and physician offices enabling efficient, HIPAA-compliant, resource utilization, instant communications and streamlined, optimized patient care. SIS Com is also available via mobile devices to provide real-time information.

"This is a tool that provides all participants in the surgical process with instant communication on surgical patient location and status," said Surgical Information Systems' CEO Ed Daihl, "This allows for a better utilization of time by eliminating unnecessary phone calls and pages. It automates workflows and streamlines communications for surgeons, anesthesiologists, clinicians, OR management and intra-departmental personnel. Hospital administrators benefit from the capability to proactively manage patient throughput – resulting in increased volumes and better staff utilization." "We are honored to receive this exclusive endorsement and to be associated with the pre-eminent organization dedicated to the well-being of hospitals and their patients nationwide," said Daihl.

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