Picis Showcases eQual Clinical Performance DM Tool

Picis, a recognized world leader in critical care and anesthesia information systems, announced that eQual, the first data mining and outcomes management tool in its Savent clinical performance improvement product line, was featured at the Health Information Management Systems Society in New Orleans at booth number 3230 (February 5-8).

eQual will also be showcased at the Society of Critical Care Medicine Meeting in San Francisco at booth number 609 (Feb 12-13).

eQual is a comprehensive data mining and outcomes management tool designed to help hospitals realize improved clinical and financial outcomes in intensive care and surgery -- the fastest growing and most resource- and cost-intensive areas of a hospital.

Harnessing the intuitive characteristics of state-of-the-art business intelligence technology and powerful data warehousing, eQual can provide the key critical data to turn information into actionable, results-based care practice.

For the first time, clinicians and administrators in these high acuity areas of the hospital will have easy and immediate access to the vital data that will allow them to better manage their patient, processes and practices.

"A medium sized hospital generates over a quarter billion of dollars in revenue through their OR's and ICU's," said Todd Cozzens, Picis president and CEO. "That's a huge opportunity for realizing efficiency gains and incremental revenue and it will represent a huge risk for hospitals that do not deploy this type of technology. With eQual hospitals that have had the foresight to automate their point of care now have the easy and intuitive tools to drive these efficiency gains from all the rich data they've collected."

Picis engaged an expert business intelligence team from Price Waterhouse Coopers to assist in the development of this powerful and versatile outcomes management tool. The next product to be released in the powerful Savent lineup is eBenchmark, which will allow clinicians to benchmark their own local practices and compare their best care patterns against a nationwide data warehouse.

Savent.net, a Web-integrated host portal to manage the business of improving clinical performance, will be released later this year.

Carlos M. Nunez, M.D., Executive Medical Director of Picis, an anesthesiologist and intensivist, was an early adopter of care automation technology, and views eQual and the entire Savent product line as the next logical step in the evolution of these systems.

"We are entering a new age that will fulfill the final promise of medical informatics. The data that defines the patient experience in the most critical environments of the modern healthcare enterprise can now be used to construct a working knowledge base by anyone with an interest in clinical outcomes or care process improvement. You no longer have to be a database analyst to unlock the valuable information collected by care automation systems," stated Nunez. "By combining the power of a logically constructed data warehouse and the intuitive interface of business intelligence software, eQual delivers everything from utilization summaries to clinical research findings with the click of mouse."

Overview of the Picis Savent Product Line

Savent is a revolutionary new suite of clinical performance improvement tools that converts the data generated through care process automation into the information that clinicians and administrators can use to drive process improvement. The Savent product suite consists of the following intuitive, yet sophisticated, tools:

eQual - Combines powerful business intelligence tools with data warehousing technology to bring hospitals the information necessary to better manage their patients, processes and practices.

eBenchmark - Seamlessly extends the power of eQual to permit hospitals to reach out beyond their data to benchmark their practices against other facilities nationwide.

Savent.net - Allows Web-enabled access to Savent's clinical performance improvement tools, the national perioperative data warehouse, and a community of online information, and support.

About Picis

Picis is a world leader in the development and marketing of software and Internet-based critical care and anesthesia information solutions. CareSuite automates the flow of clinical data from medical devices and information systems as well as organizes caregiver workflow in the critical care and perioperative setting to improve patient outcomes.

CareSuite is installed in world-renowned medical facilities such as the Mayo Clinic, Saint Luke's-Shawnee Mission Health System, the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center, and the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Medical Center. Picis, with worldwide headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, has sales and technical support staff throughout North America, Europe and Asia/Pacific.

Picis also has distribution partnerships with IDX Systems Corporation, QuadraMed Corporation, c.a.r.u.s. and Siemens Medical Systems. Picis is a Microsoft Solution Developer and was selected as a finalist for the Microsoft 2000 Industry Solution Awards for Healthcare. For more information, visit the Picis Web site at www.picis.com.

Contact Picis, Nicole Mullikin, 888-94-PICIS, nicole_mullikin@picis.com.