Managing core processes in hospitals

The economic situation hospitals find themselves in and which has been reinforced by the introduction of DRGs requires high resource efficiency, compliance with security standards as well as a high quality patient care. This challenge has been identified by KARL STORZ, how to organize and inubit. The three companies have jointly developed the solution "KARL STORZ ORchestrion®" as worldwide first solution for optimized and efficient hospital processes.

Efficient processes in hospitals with Business Process Management

"KARL STORZ ORchestrion®" is the first software solution for the optimization and automation of hospital processes. With the modules RPM (Resource Planning Module), SLM (Steering and Localization Module) and SCORE for economic evaluation, KARL STORZ ORchestrion provides the key for reducing changing-times and restoring core processes to health personnel.

The basis for "KARL STORZ ORchestrion®" is ORchestrator, an extension of the established inubit Suite. ORchestrator on the one hand constitutes the technological basis for process control and integration of the ORchestrion® modules. On the other hand, ORchestrator can be implemented as open system for integrated modeling, steering, control and optimization of all hospital processes. As central process platform ORchestrator focuses on hospital processes and actively integrates operating managers, doctors, attendants and nurses as well as the IT department into the processes. This allows a comprehensive "end-to-end" process management:

• Continuity in modeling and implementation of business processes in hospitals and clinics
• Active involvement of hospital personnel via forms and task-lists which can be configured freely (processes with human interaction)
• Powerful communication server to support all established formats (i.e. HL7, DICOM, XML) and protocols (i.e. http/s, ftp, E-Mail)
• Various connectors to integrate standard applications such as HIS, PACS, EHR- and DB-systems
• Workflow-based configuration of all integration processes per drag & drop
• Use of standard technologies such as XML, XSLT, J2EE and EJB
• Available as complementary software and hardware package to ensure a fail-proof and scalable system
• User-friendly service concept