Erie County, Scranton and Lakeland medical centers tackle surgical workflow management with PeriOptimum and Radianse

Hospitals select partners’ approach based on proven results: 20% increase in OR utilization, increase in on-time case starts from 60-88%.

PITTSBURGH, PA -- APRIL 19, 2006 — Three additional hospitals have chosen PeriOptimum and Radianse to implement real-time workflow management and active RFID-based patient tracking. Erie County Medical Center, Community Medical Center of Scranton and Lakeland Regional Medical Center have high expectations following the breakthrough results achieved by other medical centers including Lancaster General, Mississippi Baptist, Hannibal Regional and PinnacleHealth.

PeriOptimum’s PathFinder augments existing scheduling and documentation applications and integrates Radianse indoor location technology to automate patient tracking. PathFinder gives users an “air traffic controller” perspective of surgical case progress across all phases of perioperative care.

Erie County Medical Center — “To provide world-class patient care, we need everyone involved in the surgical process to have an accurate view of what is happening at any point for any patient,” said Michael Young, President of this 550-bed hospital serving western New York. “Now we can also bring better metrics to management. For example, we can immediately identify delays in OR turnaround times, investigate the cause, and develop solutions to reduce these types of delays.”

Community Medical Center — A consistent, accurate view is also what CMC Healthcare is looking for, said Joe Fisne, Chief Information Officer. The 315-bed hospital serves northeastern Pennsylvania. “We see tremendous value in enabling a more predictable, efficient process. We expect to reduce administrative workload and increase satisfaction overall.”

Lakeland Regional Medical Center — Increasing capacity and utilization are the clear objectives at this 851-bed hospital serving a rapidly growing community in Florida. “We see real potential to be more efficient and better serve our patients, staff and physicians,” said Hugh Autry, Vice President of Acute and Surgical Care.

Demonstrated results contribute to positive return Eight hospitals now use PeriOptimum and Radianse to help them maximize capacity and patient throughput by:

• Tracking significant clinical events
• Displaying the information in real-time so no one has to wait for or seek out updates
• Analyzing the time-stamped data to determine whether and why bottlenecks occur

Among the documented results to date:

Hannibal Regional Hospital, Hannibal, Missouri—OR utilization has increased to 73% from a previous 57%.

Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster, Pennsylvania—the longtime user of PeriOptimum workflow management, upgraded in 2004 to use Radianse location, enabled the hospital to improve OR utilization to more than 85% from a previous 50% and have increased on-time case starts from 60-88%.

Baptist Health Systems, Jackson, Mississippi—patient status inquiries, those disrupting calls that take staff away from patient care, have been reduced by 60%

PinnacleHealth Hospitals (Harrisburg and Community campuses)—an extensive pre-installation analysis puts payback at less than one year

About Radianse Radianse, Lawrence, Mass., provides location-enabled workflow solutions to improve patient throughput and resource management. Radianse active-RFID tags, LAN-ready receivers and web-based location analysis software combine to locate and associate medical equipment, patients and staff. Additional software extends this integrated view to include beds, ADT, orders and labs, which improves efficiency to help hospitals maximize capacity.

About PeriOptimum Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PeriOptimum helps hospitals improve surgical throughput. Hospitals and surgicenters use the company's PathFinder TM workflow management solution and Surgical Capacity Improvement Program (SCIP) TM to create predictable and highly productive perioperative services. The result is increased patient throughput, greater satisfaction among physicians, staff and patients, and significant net revenue gains. www.perioptimum.com

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