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Surgical Information Systems Promotes Interoperability at 2010 IHE Connectathon
ATLANTA – Surgical Information Systems (SIS), a leading provider of feature-rich solutions covering the entire surgery and anesthesia care process, announced today that it successfully completed the healthcare industry’s week-long interoperability testing event; Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) Connectathon.
The Connectathon is the healthcare IT industry's largest interoperability testing event. It annually promotes the adoption of IHE standards-based interoperability systems in commercially available healthcare IT systems. The Connectathon serves as an industry-wide testing event where participants can test their implementations with those of other vendors.
“By successfully participating in and passing integration testing at the IHE Connectathon, SIS is displaying its continued commitment to the highest standards of interoperability,” said CEO Ed Daihl. “We are proud to be a leader in recognizing and providing full software interoperability to enable hospital information to flow effortlessly with easy-to-integrate solutions.”
SIS completed Connectathon testing for the following IHE actors in one or more IHE integration profiles.
Consistent Time (CT) (T16)
Patient Administration & Management (PAM)
Patient Identity Cross-Reference (PIX)
Audit Trail and Node Authentication (ATNA) (T15, T17)
Document Source (XDS.b) (TP13b)
Device Enterprise Communication (DEC)
Rosetta Terminology Mapping (RTM)
Exchange of Personal Health Record (XPHR) (C32)
SIS will next be participating in the HIMSS10 Interoperability Showcase, featuring state-of-the-art interactive demonstrations showing how applications share patient data across a range of healthcare settings. Visit SIS at HIMSS booth 8243 and stop by the Interoperability Showcase, March 1-3 in Atlanta.
About SIS
SIS provides software solutions that are uniquely designed to add value at every point of the perioperative process. Developed specifically for the complex surgical environment, all SIS solutions – including anesthesia – are architected on a single database and integrate easily with other hospital systems. SIS offers the only surgical scheduling system endorsed by the American Hospital Association (AHA), and a rules-based charging system that has been granted Peer Reviewed status by the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA).
For more information visit our website, www.SISFirst.com.