Virginia Hospital Center will also implement Siemens Pharmacy, Enterprise Document Management, Siemens OPENLink™, as well as clinical specialty modules that include Soarian Cardiology and Soarian Critical Care.

"We look forward to bringing Soarian to Virginia Hospital Center to help optimize the complex processes of healthcare to improve the experience of both the medical team and patients," said Janet Dillione, president, Healthcare IT Division, Siemens Medical Solutions. "We will work closely with Virginia Hospital Center to make vital information accessible any time, anywhere, to help expedite care delivery, improve patient safety, and remove administrative burdens from physicians and other decision-makers."


To help Virginia Hospital Center maximize its technology investment, Siemens will provide end-user education to improve the skills, knowledge, and productivity of hospital staff, while providing tools to navigate government regulations, evolving technology, and advancements in healthcare processes.

Soarian combines clinical, financial and administrative processes to support patient-centered care. The solution is distinguished by three innovative characteristics: it manages processes and best practices across the enterprise through workflow management tools; it enables improved ease of use and faster training via a smart user interface; and its integrated embedded analytics help to manage and measure the events and activities of the organization. Additionally, by streamlining access to images and data from a variety of medical modalities in one location, Soarian helps facilitate more informed decision-making - leading to improved care delivery, increased staff satisfaction, and more efficient business practices.

About Siemens Medical Solutions
Siemens Medical Solutions of Siemens AG (NYSE: SI) is one of the world's largest suppliers to the healthcare industry. 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. Recent acquisitions in the area of in-vitro diagnostics - such as Diagnostic Products Corporation - mark a significant milestone for Siemens as it becomes the first full service diagnostics company. Employing approximately 36,000 people worldwide and operating in more than 130 countries, Siemens Medical Solutions reported sales of 8.23 billion EUR, orders of 9.33 billion EUR and group profit of 1.06 billion EUR for fiscal 2006. Further information can be found by visiting www.usa.siemens.com/medical-pressroom

About Virginia Hospital Center
For over 60 years, Virginia Hospital Center has provided exceptional medical services to the Washington metropolitan area. Virginia Hospital Center's new $150 million state-of-the-art facility offers comprehensive healthcare and multiple Centers of Excellence including Cardiology & Cardiovascular Surgery, Neuroscience, Oncology, Women & Infant Health and Urology. Growing service lines include Executive Health and the only Lung Cancer Center in Northern Virginia. Virginia Hospital Center is a teaching hospital, long-associated with Georgetown University's School of Medicine, and accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and Licensed by the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Health. For additional information, please visit www.virginiahospitalcenter.com.

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