HealthAlliance to install Siemens' Soarian

HealthAlliance Hospital in Leominster, Mass. will install Siemens' Soarian clinical and financial health information technology (IT) system. Soarian includes remote access capabilities which enable physicians to check on patient test results, medical history, and other information from virtually anywhere. HealthAlliance is among the first hospitals to install Soarian.

According to Siemens, Soarian integrates clinical, financial, diagnostic and administrative processes to support patient-centered care. The system features the following characteristics:
  • It is workflow focused to synchronize processes across the health enterprise;
  • It features a smart user interface constucted to accommodate tasks based on the roles of individual users;
  • Additionally, Soarian brings together images and data from a variety of medical modalities in one location.

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