Siemens Highlights Its Contributions to the Advancement of the Field of Informatics at AMIA 2006.

Siemens Executives and Customers to Play Active Role in American Medical Informatics Association and Its 2006 Symposium

MALVERN, Pa. -- Siemens Medical Solutions (www.usa.siemens.com/healthcareit) continues to demonstrate its contributions to the advancement of the field of clinical informatics through the delivery of innovative solutions. Toward this end, Siemens executives and customers will actively participate in the American Medical Informatics Association's (AMIA) 2006 symposium titled "Biomedical & Health Informatics: From Foundations to Applications to Policy." Through participation in presentations and panel discussions, Siemens executives and customers will educate symposium attendees about key advancements in clinical informatics and how to successfully use information technology (IT) to support safer care delivery, collaboration among the clinical team, and help improve clinical outcomes.

Siemens is also the Emerald Sponsor of the 3rd Annual AMIA Pre-conference Nursing Informatics Symposium, "RHIOs and Nursing: Information at the Center of Care," which will take place on November 11, 2006. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn more about RHIOs through an important panel discussion, "RHIOs and Consumers," which will take place at 10:15 a.m. on Nov. 11. The discussion will explore the new opportunities and challenges that health information exchange will present to nursing. Siemens customer Kathryn Wilhoit, RN, MSN, CNAA, FACHE, VP and CNE, Mountain States Health Alliance, will serve as one of the panelists.

Other Siemens customers and executives will participate in valuable workshop sessions on November 11. Highlights include:

* Primary Care Informatics Working Group (PCI WG): Updates, Challenges, and Successes in Primary Care Informatics by Andrew Steele, MD, MPH, MSc, Denver Health - 7:00 p.m.

* Update on Technology Informatics Guiding Educational Reform (TIGER) Initiative by D. J. Skiba, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center; and Brian Gugerty, DNS, MS, RN, Siemens Medical Solutions - 7:00 p.m.

* Interdisciplinary Plans Of Care - JCAHO Regulations, Clinical Informatics Exemplars and Future Directions by Brian Gugerty, DNS, MS, RN, Siemens Medical Solutions; John Poikonen, Partners Healthcare; Gail Keenan, University of Illinois; J. Michael Kramer, Trinity Health; and P. Park, Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations - 7:00 p.m.

Siemens customers and executives will also be participating in scientific and poster sessions, which will take place throughout the main conference. Highlights include:

* Grand Challenges in Biomedical Informatics Research by Justin Starren, Biomedical Informatics and Radiology, Columbia University; Milton Corn, NLM Extramural Programs; Gilad Kuperman, Quality Informatics; and Don Rucker, MD, MS, MBA, Siemens Medical Solutions - November 12, 3:30 p.m.

* Pinnacle Health / Zynx Health / Siemens Medical Solutions: A Study Of Integration Of Evidence Based Nursing Content by Patricia S. Button, EdD, RN, Zynx Health; Sheri Matter, MS, RN, BSN, and Cindy Brown, MS, RN, Pinnacle Health; and Rosemary Kennedy, MBA, RN, Siemens Medical Solutions - November 13, 10:30 a.m.

* CPOE / EHR-Driven Healthcare Workflow Generation and Scheduling by Minmin Han, MS, and Xiping Song, PhD, Siemens Corporate Research; Hui Coa, MD, MS, Columbia University; Rosemary Kennedy, MBA, RN, Brian Gugerty, DNS, MS, RN, and Jan DeHann, MS, Siemens Medical Solutions - November 13, 10:00 a.m.

* Design and Use of a Joint Order Vocabulary Knowledge Representation Tier in a Multi-tier CPOE Architecture by Don Rucker, MD, MS, MBA, Siemens Medical Solutions; Gary Hardel, PhD, Andrew Steele, MD, MPH, MSc, and Ivor Douglas, MD, Denver Health - November 14, 10:30 a.m.

Siemens is committed to furthering AMIA's mission of transforming the U.S. health system and making measurable contributions to the improvement of the nation's health through continued development and implementation of healthcare IT. Most recently, Rosemary Kennedy, RN, MBA, chief nursing informatics officer, Siemens Medical Solutions, was elected Member-at-Large to AMIA's Nursing Informatics Work Group (NIWG). The NIWG promotes the advancement of nursing informatics within the larger multidisciplinary context of healthcare informatics by working on many levels in the following areas: professional practice, education, research, government, professional organizations, and the healthcare IT industry.

"Rosemary is a perfect fit for AMIA's NIWG work group. Each day, she is advancing the professional practice of nursing by leading by example and providing counsel and academic programs that support the delivery of evidence-based care and enhanced patient and caregiver satisfaction," explained Janet Dillione, president, Siemens Medical Solutions Healthcare IT Division. "Rosemary is motivated by the opportunity to make a difference not only to nurses on the front line, but also to the patients, whom healthcare IT's added safety and quality checks ultimately serve. Siemens is pleased to highlight the important work we and our customers are doing in the informatics arena at this year's conference."

The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) is an organization of leaders shaping the future of health information technology in the United States and abroad. AMIA is dedicated to the development and application of medical informatics in support of patient care, teaching, research, and health care administration. Complete information is available at: www.amia.org. To learn about Siemens full participation in the conference, please visit: www.usa.siemens.com/amia06.

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.