Nebraska health system migrates to Soarian HIS

Faith Regional Health Services in Norfolk, Neb. has signed a health IT agreement to begin migrating to Soarian, Siemens’ healthcare information system.

According to Siemens, Soarian equips providers with web-based tools that promote increased process management and care delivery. The agreement’s objective is to have all of Faith Regional’s physicians utilizing computerized physician order entry in conjunction with the opening of its new patient bed tower this spring.

In addition, Faith Regional’s renewal agreement includes remote IT hosting support from Siemens Global Services, the company added.

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