Siemens' Healthcare Sector has won contracts from two Dutch university hospitals, the Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam (Erasmus MC) and University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), to supply, implement, and support the Soarian Clinicals hospital information system, including electronic patient record (EPR). With a combined value of more than €50 million, the contract represents one of the largest Healthcare IT contracts awarded to Siemens to date. The contracts for both hospitals have a term of ten years. Work on installation is planned to start as early as April 2014, and the project should be in regular clinical operation by end of 2015. Both customers awarded their contracts simultaneously, as a means of cooperating
even more closely using the new software solution.
The hospital information system is used to make available patient data, along with imaging, laboratory diagnosis and treatment-related data, on a software platform. Soarian Clinicals enables the hospital staff to have comprehensive access to the latest relevant patient data within the confines of the data protection regulations. The software allows clinical processes to be mapped, optimized and organized paperlessly, helping to make them more transparent as well as faster and more efficient. This eases the burden of administrative tasks for hospital staff, freeing up more time for patient treatment and care.
Each hospital has about 1,300 beds and employs about 11,000 staff.
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