BALTIMORE--May 22, 2006--Siemens Medical Solutions showcased its portfolio of innovative Electronic Health Record (EHR) solutions designed to meet the growing demand for interoperability between acute, ambulatory and community environments at the recent 2006 Towards the Electronic Patient Record (TEPR) Conference, held May 20-24, in Baltimore. The company demonstrated healthcare information technology (IT) solutions to assist providers in realizing an interoperable EHR, while supporting initiatives such as patient safety and satisfaction, medical error reduction, improved quality of care, cost reduction and industry standards.

Siemens is at the forefront of the national movement toward interoperable EHRs, facilitating the creation and exchange of a cumulative health record, captured and exchanged across settings, that moves with patients. Siemens' EHR strategy is built on leveraging its unique solutions portfolio, which combines workflow management, diagnostic/therapeutic technologies, and healthcare IT systems and services, enabling true optimization of workflow in healthcare.

"As the federal government continues its push to automate and interconnect all points of the healthcare continuum, technology adoption at the individual practice level and the ability to securely share clinical data and diagnostic images residing in all care settings is crucial to the mission," said Tom Miller, president, Healthcare IT Division, Siemens Medical Solutions. "The solutions we're highlighting at TEPR help our customers orchestrate processes across the continuum of care, facilitate collaborative care between clinicians and patients, and provide point-of-care access to the EHR."
Addressing community and ambulatory needs

Siemens' healthcare solutions help streamline the patient experience from patient access to diagnostics through treatment. The company's ambulatory and community connectivity offerings facilitate the secure management, utilization and communication of health data regardless of care setting. Highlights of these solutions include:

-- Soarian(R) Disease Management, which facilitates collaborative care between clinicians and patients with chronic illnesses. The system's workflow management capabilities help providers oversee patients' adherence to care plans, provide a holistic picture of patients' conditions, and push relevant information to clinicians for improved decision-making. In fact, the system is helping to reduce readmission rates and enable early intervention for congestive heart failure patients.

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