Siemens Executives and Customers to Present at HIMSS 2007 Education Sessions and Pre-Conference Symposia.Thought Leaders to Share Insights on Key Issues Defining the Decade of Healthcare IT MALVERN, Pa. -- Siemens Medical Solutions Siemens Medical Solutions (Siemens Med) is a supplier to the healthcare industry, and is headquartered in Erlangen, Germany. Its U.S. division, Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., is a Delaware corporation, with headquarters in Malvern, Pennsylvania. (www.usa.siemens.com/healthcareit) customers and subject matter experts will participate in a variety of educational sessions at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Founded in 1961, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is a healthcare industry membership organization exclusively focused on providing leadership for the optimal use of medical informatics technology and management systems. (HIMSS HIMSS Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society ) 2007 Annual Conference and Exhibition, to be held in New Orleans Feb. 25 through March 1. In addition to a rotating lineup of in-booth customer presentations, Siemens speakers will be featured as part of the HIMSS core education sessions and roundtables, Nursing Informatics Symposium, and Regional Health Information Organization (RHIO RHIO Regional Health Information Organization ) Symposium. Featured presentations include: * Making Evidence Actionable and Measurable: Vendor Performance with Charlene Underwood, M.B.A., director, Government and Industry Affairs, Siemens Medical Solutions; Sara Corley, M.D., FACP FACP Fellow of the American College of Physicians. FACP abbr. 1. Fellow of the American College of Physicians 2. Fellow of the American College of Prosthodontists , chief medical officer, NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc.; Karen Kmetik, Ph.D., director, Clinical Performance Evaluation, American Medical Association American Medical Association (AMA), professional physicians' organization (founded 1847). Its goals are to protect the interests of American physicians, advance public health, and support the growth of medical science. ; and Andrew Ury, M.D., chief executive officer, practice partner - Feb. 25, 1:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., Quality Symposium, Event 7. * Business Information Systems: HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191) Also known as the "Kennedy-Kassebaum Act," this U.S. law protects employees' health insurance coverage when they change or lose their jobs (Title I) and provides standards for patient health, : Implementing X12 Version 5010 - Expected Benefits and Major Changes from 4010A1 with Don Bechtel, standards and regulatory manager, Siemens Medical Solutions - Feb. 28, 8:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m., Education Session, Number 119. * Patient Safety Hardwired: Challenges and Success with Gail Latimer, R.N., chief nursing officer, Siemens Medical Solutions, and Kathryn Wilhoit, vice president and chief nurse executive, Mountain States Health Alliance - Feb. 28, 9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m., Education Session, Number 143. * Siemens Smart Card Solutions for Improved Patient Care with Carole Ireland, national business development manager, Siemens Patient Health Card Program, Siemens Communications, Inc., and Paul Contino, vice president, Information Technology, Mount Sinai Medical Center - Feb. 26, 4:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. at the Privacy and Security Product Pavilion. * Your Status Check Should Never Be Status Quo by, Ray Hess, vice president, Information Management, The Chester County Hospital - Feb. 28, 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m., Education Session, Number 126. Siemens rotating in-booth customer presentations feature real-life, best practice examples of implemented workflow and patient outcomes. Current Siemens customer executives will share their experiences and illustrate how Siemens' healthcare solutions can help transform existing practices into new realities during these peer-to-peer learning sessions. Key customer presentations to be held in the Siemens Medical Solutions HIMSS booth (#4037, Hall G) include: Monday, Feb. 26, 2007 * "Migration from a Foreign System to Soarian([R])," MedCentral Health System - Monday, Feb. 26, 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. * "Implementation On-time & Under Budget," MedCentral Health System - Monday, Feb. 26, 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. * "Physician Adoption of Electronic Chart Completion in a Multi-Entity Organization," Mountain States Health Alliance - Monday, Feb. 26, 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. * "MedSeries4[R], a Solution for the Fully Integrated Community Hospital," Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital - Monday, Feb. 26, 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. in Booth A * "Medication Management, Challenging the Status Quo," Hamot Medical Center Hamot Medical Center, more commonly known as Hamot Hospital, is a large medical facility located in Erie, PA. Hamot has been recognized numerous times as one of the 50 best hospitals in the United States.[1] It is one of the largest employers in the Erie region. - Monday, Feb. 26, 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. * "CPOE CPOE Computerized Physician Order Entry CPOE Computerized Provider Order Entry CPOE Computerized Prescriber Order Entry Outcomes Well Worth the Wait," Denver Health - Monday, Feb. 26, 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007 * "CMS (1) See content management system and color management system. (2) (Conversational Monitor System) Software that provides interactive communications for IBM's VM operating system. Core Measures and Workflow," The Chester County Hospital - Tuesday, Feb. 27, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. * "The Value of Workflow to Patient Care," Riverside Health System- Tuesday, Feb. 27, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. * "How Soarian Clients are Addressing Patient Safety Through Workflow," Mainline Health - Tuesday, Feb. 27, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. * "EMR (ElectroMagnetic Radiation) The emanation of energy from everything in the universe. Although the EMR from electrical and electronic devices is typically measured for practical, every-day situations, every object, including humans, emanates energy. an Enterprise Strategy," Alegent Health - Tuesday, Feb. 27, 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. * "Depth of Siemens Within a Digital Hospital," Alegent Health - Tuesday, Feb. 27, 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. * "Hospital of the Future, How One Community Hospital Is Getting There," Caldwell Memorial Hospital Caldwell Memorial Hospital is a private, not-for-profit community hospital located in Lenoir, North Carolina, U.S.A. Lenoir is the county seat of Caldwell County. The hospital's president and CEO is Laura J. Easton. - Tuesday, Feb. 27, 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. * "Physician Usage of a CIS Cis (sĭs), same as Kish (1.) (1) (CompuServe Information Service) See CompuServe. (2) (Card Information S Enterprise-wide," St. Tammany Parish Hospital - Tuesday, Feb. 27, 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. * "Community Connectivity and Chronic Care Management," Northwest Physicians Network - Tuesday, Feb. 27, 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. * "Clinical Decision Making and Closing the Loop," McLeod Regional Medical Center - Tuesday, Feb. 27, 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007 * "Hospital of the Future, How One Community Hospital Is Getting There," Caldwell Memorial Hospital - Wednesday, Feb. 28, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. * "HIS Implementation - Big Bang Approach," UMass Memorial Health Alliance - Wednesday, Feb. 28, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. * "Soarian Cardiology Advances the Strategy of Med Meets IT at NHH NHH Norges Handelshøyskole (Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration) NHH Nemzeti Hírközlési Hatóság (Hungarian: National Communications Authority) NHH Non Half Hourly ," Nebraska Heart Institute Heart Hospital - Wednesday, Feb. 28, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. * "How Soarian Clients are Addressing Patient Safety Through Workflow," Centra State - Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. * "How Soarian Clients are Addressing Patient Safety Through Workflow," Mainline Health - Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. * "Community Connectivity and Chronic Care Management," Northwest Physicians Network - Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. * "Soarian Scheduling in a Multi-Entity Environment," Universal Health Services Universal Health Services, Inc. NYSE: UHS is a Fortune 500 company based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. This company is one of the nation's largest health care management companies, operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities and ambulatory centers , Inc. (UHS) - Wednesday, Feb. 28, 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. * "Soarian Cardiology Advances the Strategy of Med Meets IT at NHH," Nebraska Heart Institute Heart Hospital - Wednesday, Feb. 28, 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. * "HIS Implementation - Big Bang Approach," UMass Memorial Health Alliance - Wednesday, Feb. 28, 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. About Siemens Medical Solutions Siemens Medical Solutions of Siemens AG (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :SI) is one of the world's largest suppliers to the healthcare industry. 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. Recent acquisitions in the area of in-vitro diagnostics - such as Diagnostic Products Corporation and Bayer Diagnostics - mark a significant milestone for Siemens as it becomes the first full service diagnostics company. Employing more than 41,000 people worldwide and operating in over 130 countries, Siemens Medical Solutions reported sales of 8.23 billion EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. , orders of 9.33 billion EUR and group profit of 1.06 billion EUR for fiscal 2006 (Sept. 30). Further information can be found by visiting www.siemens.com/medical. |
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