Ardent Health Services Expand Use of Surgical Information Systems to Include Patient Tracking

 Ardent Health Services of Nashville, Tenn. will expand its system-wide use of the Surgical Information Systems Solution to include anesthesia automation, analytics and patient tracking on a single perioperative record.  In preparation for upcoming meaningful-use criteria, Ardent will partner with SIS to be interoperable with McKesson systems in its hospitals in Albuquerque, N.M. and Tulsa, Okla. in order to improve patient safety, ease of use and functionality.

"The SIS Solution will allow us to improve our care to patients," said Steve Landgarten, M.D., chief medical officer and chief quality officer of Ardent Health Services.  "With these modules, caregivers in our hospitals can view important patient information in real-time such as which medications have been administered, when they were administered and what impact those medications have over time.  It's a much improved patient tracking, documentation and analytics process."

SIS Anesthesia is the only specialty anesthesia system featuring a shared database with a perioperative system.  This shared database enables continuity of care as any change to the perioperative record that impacts the anesthesia record is automatically reflected in the anesthesia record, optimizing the automation of the care process.  A single perioperative record is efficient, easy-to-use, cost effective and provides for consistent documentation across the perioperative continuum – supporting a higher quality of patient care.

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