Kingman Regional Medical Center Optimizes Surgery Department with Perioperative and Anesthesia Information Management Solution from Surgical Information Systems

ATLANTA, July 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Kingman Regional Medical Center, a healthcare provider recognized as one of the nation's top 100 hospitals in the State of the Nation's Hospitals report multiple times during the past five years, has selected an integrated perioperative information management system provided by Surgical Information Systems (SIS).  KRMC cited the system's capacity to automate clinical and anesthesia documentation; increasing quality and creating significant financial turnarounds during a time when hospitals need it most.

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As the largest provider of health and wellness services in Northwestern Arizona, KRMC's focus is on the delivery of the highest level and quality of patient care.  "In implementing the entire SIS perioperative suite, KRMC will realize opportunities to enhance the documentation of patient care delivery and receive extensive reporting potential," said Sandy Savage, RN, BSN, KRMC's Associate Director of In-formatics.  "Flexible tools within SIS will provide clinicians and anesthesiologists with the ability to document case information efficiently.  Additionally, the meaningful exchange of information with other hospital systems will serve to create a more integrated electronic environment."

KRMC selected the comprehensive SIS Perioperative Solution of adaptable modules including AHA-endorsed SIS Surgical Scheduling, which features:

• SIS Com, a Web-based workflow, communications and patient tracking solution and
• SIS Analytics, an intuitive perioperative-specific business intelligence tool

The medical center also selected additional solutions including:

• SIS Anesthesia, which provides automation of the legal anesthetic record and is the only anesthesia information management system to share a single database with a specialty perioperative system
• SIS Rules-Based Charging, an HFMA Peer Reviewed product that has been shown to increase supply charge capture rates by 30% and decrease supply costs by $200 per case.

The Perioperative arena in today's hospital is a significant component in both aspects of the financial bottom line; cost and revenue.  Information captured within SIS can assist the organization as they project, plan and proceed to address opportunities in this critical aspect of healthcare.

"The current state of healthcare demands expertise in the perioperative arena," said SIS CEO Ed Daihl.  "SIS is highly interoperable and gives perioperative staff the rich functionality they need, while integrating easily with existing systems.  Furthermore, it has consistently proven its ability to show hospitals a full ROI within the first year."

Healthcare institutions are seeking partners who can provide highly interoperable and proven systems to drive clinical, financial and operational success.  Given the unique challenges facing hospitals today, the success of the perioperative department has never been more important – and SIS is the only company dedicated exclusively to addressing these challenges.

About SIS

SIS provides software solutions that are uniquely designed to add value at every point of the perioperative process. Developed specifically for the complex surgical environment, all SIS solutions – including anesthesia – are architected on a single database and integrate easily with other hospital systems. SIS offers the only surgical scheduling system endorsed by the American Hospital Association (AHA), and a rules-based charging system that has been granted Peer Reviewed status by the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA).

For more information visit our website, www.SISFirst.com.

SOURCE Surgical Information Systems