Baptist Saint Anthony Selects Siemens to Manage IT Operations; Comprehensive IT Outsourcing Services Help BSA Focus on Patient Care.

MALVERN, Pa. -- Siemens Medical Solutions (www.usa.siemens.com/medical) announced today they have signed a strategic multi-year agreement to provide information technology (IT) outsourcing and consulting services to Baptist Saint Anthony (BSA) Health System in Amarillo, Texas. Through this strategic agreement, Siemens will provide BSA with one point of accountability for IT support and remotely manage the facility's use of INVISION(R), Siemens' comprehensive health information solution which helps healthcare facilities achieve tangible quality and patient safety outcomes, while forming the basis for an enterprise-wide electronic health record (EHR).

"Our work with Baptist Saint Anthony demonstrates our commitment to helping healthcare facilities effectively deploy solutions and manage the increasing use of IT within their organizations," said Janet Dillione, president, Healthcare IT Division, Siemens Medical Solutions. "By combining our product domain expertise with our consulting and outsourcing services, we've created an effective, full solution that can positively impact Baptist Saint Anthony's operations and the quality of care its staff delivers."

Employing more than 500 physicians and named one of America's Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report for the past five years, BSA is a multi-faceted hospital system acclaimed for its superior quality of care and customer service. Prior to partnering with Siemens, BSA outsourced the majority of its IT operations except for INVISION, which was managed in-house by BSA IT employees for more than 10 years. Within that period of time, INVISION became an integral part of BSA's healthcare IT initiatives. However, as BSA's patient numbers grew and the organization's reliance on IT as a strategic asset followed suit, management of core systems, as well as other various applications, servers and infrastructure vendors became increasingly challenging.

"As our organization continues to grow, we need an IT partner that understands our facility, our employees and our goals," said Michael Cruz, vice president, operations, Baptist Saint Anthony. "With Siemens we have access to seasoned professionals who can guide us and adequately manage the breadth of our IT infrastructure to help ensure our systems are aligned to support high-quality patient care. The remote management of INVISION from Siemens' Malvern headquarters will provide us with the added value of off-site personnel and expertise, as well as fail-safe backup systems."

Siemens operates the health industry's most sophisticated network operations center for remote hosting of applications from its Information Systems Center (ISC). Offering multiple connectivity options, the ISC utilizes the most advanced technology to provide 24/7/365 reliability and, in many cases, sub-second response time. The ISC currently processes more than 150 million healthcare transactions each day, originating from more than 30 different applications, making it the leading application service provider in healthcare.

As part of the IT Outsourcing arrangement, IT employees at BSA will continue to serve the facility on-site but will be employed by Siemens. Providing outsourcing solutions to healthcare providers nationwide for more than 10 years, Siemens' comprehensive services meet the growing complexity of its customers' IT needs. This includes established service level agreements, predictable IT costs and economies of scale, improved end-user satisfaction and productivity, knowledge and application of industry best practices, career growth for employees and accelerated IT implementations.

Siemens Medical Solutions of Siemens AG (NYSE:SI) with headquarters in Malvern, Pennsylvania, and Erlangen, Germany, is one of the largest suppliers to the healthcare industry in the world. 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. Employing approximately 33,000 people worldwide and operating in more than 120 countries, Siemens Medical Solutions reported sales of 7.6 billion EUR, orders of 8.6 billion EUR and group profit of 976 million EUR for fiscal 2005. More information can be obtained by visiting www.usa.siemens.com/medical-pressroom.