What You'll Learn:

Validation of why technology is so critical to healthcare

The components of a “Smart Hospital”

“Smart Technologies” available today — integration of the best possible tools to practice safer, more efficient medicine

Assessing and measuring resources already in place

Implementing a “Smart Hospital” initiative over time

Who Should Attend:

CIOs, CTOs, COOs

Anyone with strategic responsibility for defining a hospital’s key technology initiatives

IT and Security Directors, Officers

Network Managers; Telecommunications Directors; Systems Analysts

Webinar Details:

Original Air Date: December 14, 2004

Duration: 45 minutes

The Smart Hospital - Hype or Reality?

Imagine a hospital that features “intelligent” beds that monitor patients and drugs and that warns you if you are taking the wrong pill. Imagine a card that contains a patient’s entire medical history — from the time he had measles as a child to his most recent prescription. Imagine a hospital where 85-90 percent of the facility is dedicated to patient care — reducing the administrative expense of operations. Imagine a hospital that allows for access to information “anytime anywhere”. Many of these seemingly “futuristic” ideas are already in practice today as part of a “Smart Hospital” initiative. This Webinar separates the hype from reality in defining the “Smart Hospital” in practical terms.

Special Guest Speaker: Tim Stettheimer, Ph.D. Vice President and CIO, St. Vincent’s Hospital

Dr. Stettheimer, Ph.D. serves as vice president and CIO for St. Vincent’s Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama. St. Vincent’s is the flagship digital hospital for the St. Louis-based nonprofit Ascension Health Inc. Dr. Stettheimer previously served as a regional information services executive in Fort Worth, Texas for Florida-based Adventist Health System. He has experienced all aspects of the digital healthcare environment and is a frequent speaker at HIMSS and other healthcare showcases. He has also been widely quoted in Network World, ABC News, and a variety of other technology and business publications.

About SilverBack

SilverBack Technologies is the leading provider of affordable, fast, easy and secure IT monitoring software for healthcare organizations. Installed in many leading hospitals across the country, SilverBack assures high availability and response time of critical resources such as clinical database repositories, integrated patient billing software, as well as other diagnostic applications and equipment. SilverBack also enhances your wireless investment by protecting the integrity and availability of information transmitted across the wireless infrastructure. Available as an in-house software package or hosted service, SilverBack helps hospitals deliver on the promise of "information anywhere at anytime” and optimize patient care.

About St. Vincent’s Hospital

Consistently ranking in the top percentiles for inpatient satisfaction, St. Vincent's is also recognized as one of the 100 Most Wired Hospitals in the U.S. Since 1992, St. Vincent’s has aggressively pursued technology initiatives to optimize patient care such as electronic medical records, point-of-care technology and physician real-time Web access to lab and radiology results, among others.