Though iSirona has the lower-case "i", the company is not affiliated with Apple, so its announcement today will likely not be broadcast in the same manner an Apple-related news story would. Still, the company’s announcement should be noted, as iSirona was ranked first in medical device integration in 2011.
The company announced today that it has had several successful go-lives at Franciscan Alliance, one of the largest Catholic healthcare systems in the Midwest.
iSirona provides simplified solutions for medical device integration, and now Franciscan Alliance is live with its device connectivity solution.
Franciscan Alliance is made of 14 hospitals in Indiana and Illinois, and consists of Franciscan St. Margaret Health--Dyer, Franciscan St. Margaret Health--Hammond, Franciscan St. Anthony Health--Crown Point, and Franciscan St. Anthony Health--Michigan City, all of which now use iSirona’s solution for device connectivity.
With iSirona, hospitals can connect virtually any medical device to their CIS, helping clinicians make more informed decisions about patients and faster access to such needed information.
Franciscan Alliance chose iSirona for its flexible medical device integration solution, which allowed the company to deliver its patient date accurately and in a timely manner.
iSirona’s software-based solution is also more cost-effective than other solutions which require more expensive single-use hardware.
Instead, iSirona leverages the hardware systems it already uses to transfer into settings easily, such as ambulatory or home healthcare. The issue was ultimately a choice between hardware or software, and Franciscan Alliance had to decide which solution would work in all environments it would be needed.
Franciscan Alliance’s chief information officer Bill Laker described the move, saying “Our evaluation came down to hardware versus software. Ultimately, we needed the ability to grow our connectivity solution, and the more we eliminate potential hardware points of failure, the better.”
Edited by
Amanda Ciccatelli
