Siemens deploys Soarian AIM

Siemens Healthcare will begin deploying its new Soarian AIM [Agile Implementation Methodology], at all future Soarian Health Information System installations.

The 341-bed acute-care Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical Center, in Plattsburgh, N.Y., and the 233-bed not-for-profit Reid Hospital & Health Care Services, in Richmond, Ind., served as beta sites for several Soarian AIM capabilities.

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