Surgical Information Systems Focuses on Perioperative Standards, Communication, and Analytics at AORN Congress

ATLANTA, March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- During the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) Congress in Denver, Colorado, March 15 - 17, Surgical Information Systems (SIS) will highlight ways in which healthcare organizations can drive improved patient safety, operational efficiency, quality of care and profitability.  With the OR contributing up to 50% of all hospital-based errors, 60% of overall hospital revenue, and up to 35-40% of overall expense, healthcare institutions are seeking partners who can provide highly interoperable and proven systems to drive clinical, financial and operational success in the engine of the hospital.  Given the unique challenges facing most hospitals today, the success of the perioperative department has never been more important – and SIS is the only company dedicated exclusively to solving these challenges.

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SIS is pleased to demonstrate its Leadership in:

Perioperative Standards

• SIS recently announced that it is working  with AORN and CSC to offer the AORN SYNTEGRITY™ Standardized Perioperative Framework within its nationally recognized suite of perioperative management solutions.  Through the use of a standardized framework with PNDS (Perioperative Nursing Data Set), hospitals will be able to participate in nationalized benchmarking offered through AORN.  

• SIS has recently licensed First DataBank Drug Information for use in the SIS Solution providing comprehensive drug information to assist clinicians in performing key clinical drug screening and medication reconciliation functions, including pediatric dose range checking.

Perioperative Education

• SIS will be offering an educational session entitled Creating a Unified PeriAnesthesia Medical Record to Improve Clinical, Operational, and Financial Outcomes.  During this session, for which attendees can receive 1.5 contact hours, we will cover how technology tools offer great potential to enhance the quality and safety of patient care and increase provider effectiveness.  Automation of each critical phase of the anesthesiology process is vital for the care of the patient during the Pre, Intra, and Post episodes of surgical care.  When implemented together, the benefits are multiplied as accurate data flows from one phase to the other, creating an information value chain that ultimately enables better patient care, and creates innumerable operational efficiencies.

Perioperative Communication and Patient Flow

• SIS will also be demonstrating improved communications with SIS OR View, the first fully integrated in-room perioperative dashboard.  The solution's real-time display completely evolves the way perioperative teams work together by providing visual communication of pertinent case information for the entire OR care team.  A dynamic, customizable display increases patient safety by keeping clinicians, surgeons and anesthesiologists better informed with vital patient and procedure information. Many of the safety issues originating in the OR are founded in communication problems – something that SIS OR View is designed to eliminate.

• Designed to improve patient flow, increase throughput and enhance revenue generation, SIS Com is an innovative, Web-based patient tracking solution that revolutionizes the way perioperative professionals communicate with their teams. From admission through discharge, SIS Com captures and communicates critical information at every point of the perioperative process.

Perioperative Business Intelligence

• Perioperative experts will be demonstrating a new Anesthesia View as part of SIS' robust business intelligence solution, SIS Analytics.  This powerful solution gives anesthesia care givers the ability to identify clinical and operational issues, drill-down to determine root causes, compare actual to benchmarked performance, and customize the dashboards as needed to complete analysis and make actionable decisions. As the only perioperative business intelligence tool endorsed by the American Hospital Association (AHA), SIS Analytics allows for quick and insightful analysis of perioperative-specific information such as OR utilization, case costs, supply costs, compliance with SCIP, and more.

Integrated Perioperative Solutions

SIS will showcase in its booth the entire SIS suite of perioperative solutions including the recently released SIS OR View designed to improve communication and patient safety in the operating room and SIS Analytics Anesthesia View, the latest module in a powerful suite of perioperative analytics tools.  Also on display will be SIS Rules-Based Charging (RBC) which has been successfully peer reviewed by HFMA for a third consecutive year.

SIS Presentation Schedule (booth 1242)

Session Title: Creating a Unified PeriAnesthesia Medical Record to Improve Clinical, Operational, and Financial Outcomes.  

"As the perioperative specialist, SIS works hand-in-hand with OR nurses to ensure the highest levels of patient safety and quality outcomes," said SIS CEO Ed Daihl.  "We are proud to feature new solutions at AORN Congress designed to improve perioperative communication, throughput and business intelligence.  This is a time when hospitals – and patients – most need an increased focus on quality care, and SIS solutions are tailored for this purpose."

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.

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