Siemens Wins Major Dutch Healthcare IT contract
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By HospiMedica International staff writers Posted on 14 Apr 2014 |
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Image: The entrance to UMC Groningen, the largest hospital in The Netherlands (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons).
Siemens Healthcare (Erlangen, Germany) has won contracts from two Dutch university hospitals to supply, implement, and support the Soarian Clinicals hospital information system.
The contracts, with Erasmus University Medical Center (Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands) and University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG; The Netherlands), have a combined value of more than EUR 50 million, representing one of the largest healthcare information technology (IT) contracts awarded to Siemens to date. The contracts for both hospitals have a term of ten years and work on installation is planned to start as early as April 2014, with the project scheduled for clinical operation by the end of 2015. Both customers awarded their contracts simultaneously, as a means of cooperating even more closely using the new software solution.
The Soarian Clinicals hospital information system will be integrated to the electronic patient record (EPR), and will make available patient demographic data, imaging results, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment-related data, all on a single software platform. The system enables hospital staff to have comprehensive access to the latest relevant patient data, all within the confines of preset data protection regulations. The software allows clinical processes to be mapped, optimized, and organized in a paperless fashion, making 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.
The Erasmus MC, affiliated with Erasmus University, is largest and one of the most authoritative scientific university medical centers in Europe. With 1,320 beds, it is the second largest hospital of The Netherlands, only 19 beds behind UMC Groningen, which offers supraregional tertiary care to the northern part of the Netherlands. UMC Groningen employs almost 17,000 people, while the Erasmus MC employs around 11,000 people.
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The contracts, with Erasmus University Medical Center (Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands) and University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG; The Netherlands), have a combined value of more than EUR 50 million, representing one of the largest healthcare information technology (IT) contracts awarded to Siemens to date. The contracts for both hospitals have a term of ten years and work on installation is planned to start as early as April 2014, with the project scheduled for clinical operation by the end of 2015. Both customers awarded their contracts simultaneously, as a means of cooperating even more closely using the new software solution.
The Soarian Clinicals hospital information system will be integrated to the electronic patient record (EPR), and will make available patient demographic data, imaging results, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment-related data, all on a single software platform. The system enables hospital staff to have comprehensive access to the latest relevant patient data, all within the confines of preset data protection regulations. The software allows clinical processes to be mapped, optimized, and organized in a paperless fashion, making 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.
The Erasmus MC, affiliated with Erasmus University, is largest and one of the most authoritative scientific university medical centers in Europe. With 1,320 beds, it is the second largest hospital of The Netherlands, only 19 beds behind UMC Groningen, which offers supraregional tertiary care to the northern part of the Netherlands. UMC Groningen employs almost 17,000 people, while the Erasmus MC employs around 11,000 people.
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Erasmus University Medical Center
University Medical Center Groningen
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