`Most Wired' Hospital, Children's Hospital of Omaha, Partners with Surgical Information Systems to Deliver Advanced Pediatric Care.

ATLANTA -- Surgical Information Systems (SIS) announced today the signing of Children's Hospital of Omaha, located in Omaha, Nebraska. Children's recently received the Top 25 Most Improved Award for information technology use, according to the 2005 Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study in the July issue of Hospitals & Health Networks magazine (H&HN), a journal of the American Hospital Association. SIS is the leading provider of integrated surgery management systems, combining all administrative and clinical processes upon a single data base, single architecture system. To learn more about SIS solutions, visit www.orsoftware.com/childrens.

As the only pediatric specialty healthcare center in Nebraska, Children's performs over 8,000 cases annually and specializes in cardiovascular pediatrics. According to Director of Surgical Services, Barb Schwarz, pediatric hospitals face many unique challenges that general hospitals do not encounter. For example, patients are often in the system from birth to the age of 21, and the ability to readily access patient history information is critical to achieving true continuity of care, patient satisfaction and optimized billing processes. Schwarz goes on to explain that pediatric disease processes often require multiple visits from their patients - affectionately referred to as Frequent Flyers - to undergo repetitive surgeries that build upon themselves, and require easy access to patient histories for the highest quality of care.

Children's began their search for a comprehensive and integrated surgery management system with several key departmental requirements, including the ability to perform more accurate and complete analysis of statistical data, the necessity for a consistent, multi-disciplinary documentation methodology and platform, improved staff productivity and increased throughput. They had a need to maintain their competitive edge by continuing to do what they do best - delivering unbeatable patient care - while expanding their service offerings. In addition, the organization needed to address the growing trend of high acuity cases, requiring sophisticated business intelligence to effectively balance a mix of high-cost services with higher supply costs and higher salaries.

Today, Children's leads their market in cardiovascular pediatrics because of their dedication to the delivery of high-touch, quality patient care. Their ability to deliver care at such high levels is due to their understanding of the unique needs of pediatric patients and their families. It is this philosophy that led them to partner with Surgical Information Systems. In order to achieve the organization's critical success factors, Children's recognizes the need for accurate and timely data with which to run their surgery department optimally. SIS will deliver a comprehensive system that integrates all clinical and administrative processes with sophisticated business intelligence to achieve their strategic initiatives such as improving supply management, standardizing billing and increasing patient safety.

With SIS, Children's plans to elevate their delivery of high-touch patient care. "We are excited about the advancements in clinical and business outcomes that SIS can bring to our organization. With the click of a mouse, we can view actionable information and outcomes that occur in our daily routines, thus making it possible to improve our business decisions," said Schwarz. "Today, Omaha Children's offers excellent surgical services. With SIS, we can become even better."

Surgical Information Systems (SIS) provides automated intelligence across the entire perioperative continuum, empowering hospitals to enhance patient care and business operations. SIS centralizes and unites all information exchanged between the people, processes and resources associated with surgery to deliver fast, accurate and comprehensive information precisely when it is needed most - at the scheduling desk, point-of-care, O.R. control center, surgeon's office, with materials management, and in the executive boardroom. Surgical Information Systems holds strategic partnerships with both Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) Corporations. For more information, visit www.orsoftware.com/childrens.