Siemens' Soarian Clinicals expands West

BJC HealthCare has signed a $49 million, 12-year agreement to migrate 11 of its hospitals to Siemens’ Soarian Financials enterprise web-based revenue cycle tool.

BJC, a Saint Louis-based nonprofit healthcare organization, will also implement Soarian Scheduling and Soarian Enterprise Document Management software throughout its health system, according to Siemens.

Separately, Platte Valley Medical Center in Brighton, Colo., and Kingman Regional Medical Center in Kingman, Ariz., have signed multi-year deals for Soarian Clinicals, the Malvern, Pa.-based company said. Kingman Regional Medical Center also penned a 10-year deal for Soarian Clinicals, Critical Care, and Siemens Pharmacy with Medication Administration Check, along with NextGen Healthcare’s ambulatory EHR, according to Siemens.
 

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