Clinical Laboratory Consulting SolutionsIdentifying the specific processes and improvements ideal for your laboratory environment

Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010, healthcare organizations continue to adjust to new payment structures and incentives for meeting quality, efficiency, and patient satisfaction goals—requiring hospitals to focus on "Lean" practices and more efficient use of resources.

Hospitals and health systems across the U.S. are responding to the changing healthcare environment by identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and quality. The Healthcare Consulting Solutions team recommends ways to optimize laboratory workflow to enable customers to achieve:

Decreased turnaround times
Increased productivity
Improved quality
Decreased costs

Our Healthcare Consulting Solutions Team Is With You for the Entire Process
The Healthcare Consulting Solutions (HCS) team partners with you early in your project to help you identify the right fit for your specific needs from a broad portfolio of products, ranging from stand-alone testing systems to full-scale automation solutions. We focus on implementation, post-implementation, and optimization review to make recommendations to help you:

Strengthen efficiencies
Improve quality
Reduce costs.

Concept Workflow Design

We understand that capability requirements are not your only consideration when selecting an optimal system for your laboratory. That’s why we create customized workflow scenarios to help maximize your organization’s productivity.

Concept Laboratory Design: Allows us to analyze your workspace and make customized recommendations based on established best practices.
Simulation Tools: Allow us to project future workflow and capacity enhancements based on potential throughput increases and enhanced patient-care objectives.

Resource Utilization

Our Lean-accredited HCS team uses tools such as Value Stream Mapping for the planning of solution deployment for your laboratory. We look for every opportunity to improve your workflow logistics, contain handling costs, and reduce errors. Lean and other tools offer specialized methodologies to envision how to streamline sample handling, reduce turnaround times, and optimize staffing resources. Throughout the process, we are committed to helping you prioritize needs and determining the investment required to achieve your goals.

To engage Siemens Healthcare Consulting Solutions, ask your local Siemens Sales Rep for an initial consultation.

Features & Benefits

We Are Constantly Innovating Solutions for Post Installation-Process Stabilization and Integration
Our ability to draw from Siemens’ enterprise knowledge and experience helps to support you in planning a customized solution that meets your clinical requirements. Our partnership continues after the sale, and once your solution is installed, we help you to fully realize productivity improvements by understanding your laboratory’s specific opportunities.

Instrument Simulation Modeling
Using state-of-the-art computer modeling, Siemens experts examine laboratory information system (LIS) data and complete a quantitative assessment of your laboratory system capabilities. Our experts customize approaches that meet your site-specific production and turnaround time (TAT) needs, addressing requirements for today and expected future growth.

Optimization
Getting you started is just the beginning of our partnership. Throughout the system’s lifecycle, the Siemens HCS team provides our outcomes assessement service. After the initial outcomes assessment and any required adjustments, outcomes assessments typically are performed annually, although they may be conducted more frequently if necessary.

The HCS manager collects log and middleware files over 2–3 days. We analyze system performance data and identify opportunities for improvement. We believe that the deep understanding of laboratory performance provided by these outcomes assessments brings peace of mind to the laboratory and strengthens a true partnership with Siemens.

To engage Siemens Healthcare Consulting Solutions, ask your local Siemens Sales Rep for an initial consultation.

Workflow Processes

We Are With You at Every Step of The HCS Process
The customer experience doesn’t end after the sale. To enhance your post-installation process, Healthcare Consulting Services uses workflow review metrics and analytic monitoring to gain greater insight your laboratory’s operations for continuous system optimization.