SIS Blog

Southern Ohio Medical Center (SOMC) Selects Anesthesia Information Management System from Surgical Information Systems

SOMC Surgical Services leaders cite positive feedback from anesthesia providers, responsiveness of the SIS team, and ability to use existing hardware as key decision factors

In a digital world, why should your ASC still be using paper anesthesia processes?

What are you missing out on by not having an electronic anesthesia record?

Hospitals nationwide are increasingly migrating from paper records to electronic anesthesia record software, and with good reason. Make that good reasons.

5 Benefits of Electronic Anesthesia Record Software

Hospitals nationwide are increasingly migrating from paper records to electronic anesthesia record software, and with good reason. Make that good reasons.

Carolyn Cordtz

8 Ways SIS Charts Anesthesia Elevates ASC Performance

In October, SIS announced the launch of SIS Charts™ Anesthesia, an optional module for the SIS Complete™ comprehensive ASC technology solution. SIS Charts Anesthesia replaces paper anesthesia documentation with an electronic chart for all care...

6 Anesthesia Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to Track and Benchmark

Tracking anesthesia key performance indicators (KPIs) is critical to ensuring your anesthesia providers deliver the quality services that support optimal outcomes and high levels of patient satisfaction. Measuring KPIs can tell you if anesthesia...

Amber Smith

3 Anesthesia Market Trends to Watch For

The start of a new year is a great time to step back and perform a broad examination of the anesthesia market, identifying those issues that have and will likely continue to impact the providers.

Here are three anesthesia trends to keep an eye on...

Carolyn Cordtz

6 Qualities You Should Want in Anesthesia Software

When organizations are determining their information management priorities, anesthesia software is often placed lower on the list. Reasons may include concerns about the difficulty in automating anesthesia documentation or other projects being...

4 Components Your Anesthesia Documentation May Be Missing

Incomplete anesthesia clinical documentation puts a facility and its anesthesia providers at risk and may violate regulatory requirements.

Anesthesia services are governed by regulators, including the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...

Richard Welch, RN MSN

Anesthesia and Patient Safety: 5 Rights of Medication Administration

There is an ongoing effort within the healthcare industry to improve medication safety, and with good reason. The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion shares some eye-opening statistics: In inpatient settings, adverse drug events...

Carolyn Cordtz

5 Ways Electronic Documentation Improves Post-Anesthesia Care

Over the last few years, there has been a significant push for standardization of patient care handoffs between one provider and another. The reason: Handoffs often represent a potential communication failure point.

During handoffs, a care...

Carolyn Cordtz

AmkaiCharts Ensures ASCs Complete the Universal Protocol

By Thomas Pinelli Jr., SVP Product Management AmkaiCharts, AmkaiSolutions

AmkaiSolutions is a firm believer in safe practices and the importance of the surgical time out, which is why we developed our AmkaiCharts electronic medical record system...

Q&A with Tabitha Vaughn of St. Charles Surgery Center

Tabitha Vaughn is administrator at St. Charles Surgery Center in St. Charles, Mo. The ASC opened and went live with AmkaiCharts and AmkaiOffice in mid-2012.