GE Centricity Perioperative Anesthesia recognized as top anesthesia information management solution

GE’s Centricity Perioperative Anesthesia has been recognized as the top anesthesia information management solution in a special report from KLAS, an industry analyst firm (www.KLASresearch.com). The report, “The Growing Market for Anesthesia Software: Liability, Integration and the Benefits of Adoption” (11/13/09), honors Centricity Perioperative Anesthesia, part of the electronic health record that helps anesthesia care providers improve patient care while documenting their perioperative experience. The solution provides customizable scripts, which offer supporting information on anesthesia care steps during the surgery—all operated by a simple touch screen interface for optimal speed and error reduction.

“We are honored to have KLAS name ours the best anesthesia information management system available,” said Laurent Rotival, senior vice president and general manager at GE Healthcare IT. “It validates our product as easy to use, our implementation program as strong and our expertise to be reliable. It means even more that this award is generated by feedback from our customers, who drive our product, its vision and, now, the recognition of its excellence.”

Centricity Perioperative Anesthesia was developed collaboratively with anesthesiologists from some of the nation’s leading academic medical centers in consideration of compliance, usability, patient safety, and practice management. It is a comprehensive solution that provides up-to-date information to the appropriate caregiver when and where they need it. GE Healthcare’s solution also provides workflow-enhancing processes such as touch screens, intuitive care event document templates, procedure note scripts, and a robust professional fee-billing component. With Centricity Perioperative Anesthesia’s information management capabilities redundant patient questioning is reduced and satisfaction is increased for both the anesthesia care provider and the patient.