"With access to tightly integrated referential clinical content, our nurses are shifting from task-based documentation to knowledge-based decision making," said Matter. "Pinnacle's partnership with Siemens and Zynx is a compelling testament to how health providers can integrate the industry's best available evidence into nursing workflow to transform the future of quality patient care."

Zynx Health is the leading provider of evidence-based clinical decision support. The Zynx team of physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals rigorously review the latest peer-reviewed literature to develop clinical summaries and distill evidence-based best practices. Evidence is made actionable in multiple forms including order sets, interdisciplinary plans of care, alerts, and reminders. More than 1,100 providers nationwide have partnered with Zynx to address regulatory initiatives, optimize pay-for-performance reimbursement and help measurably improve the quality, safety and efficiency of patient care. For more information about Zynx Health, visit www.zynx.com or call 888.333.ZYNX (9969).


Siemens Medical Solutions of Siemens AG (SI) with headquarters in Malvern, Pennsylvania, and Erlangen, Germany, is one of the largest suppliers to the healthcare industry in the world. The company is known for bringing together innovative medical technologies, healthcare information systems, management consulting, and support services, to help customers achieve tangible, sustainable, clinical and financial outcomes. Employing approximately 33,000 people worldwide and operating in more than 120 countries, Siemens Medical Solutions reported sales of 7.6 billion EUR, orders of 8.6 billion EUR and group profit of 976 million EUR for fiscal 2005. More information can be obtained by visiting www.usa.siemens.com/medical-pressroom.




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