HIGH POINT REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM HAS OPPORTUNITIES FOR OPERATING ROOM PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS IDENTIFIED
OPERATIONAL REVIEW OF PICIS OR SYSTEM PERFORMED BY ISH, INC.

FAIRFIELD, NJ: ISH, Inc. announced today the completion of a focused assessment of the PICIS Perioperative Management Information System and the processes associated with it for High Point Regional Health System in High Point, North Carolina. High Point was selected the winner of ISH’s “Best Use of Software” Contest at the 2007 Picis Exchange Conference in Scottsdale, AZ for this complimentary review.

According to Becky Reese, Financial Manager of Surgical Services, “I was very excited to learn that our facility had won the free assessment from ISH. It is a blessing to have experts review processes, methodologies, logic and decisions that come into play when you are building and implementing a new Perioperative Information system. The timing of it couldn’t have been better as we are in the final stages of budget preparation for FY 08. ISH’s ability to identify several solid change opportunities in a short period of time provided me with the ability to attach projected expense reductions based on the execution of several of their recommended improvements. It’s the best of worlds, clinical process improvements and financial gains.”

ISH has worked with numerous healthcare organizations to help them realize more value from their investment in Picis applications. As a strategic business partner of Picis, ISH has subject matter experts with both Picis technical expertise, and clinical operational experience. Of particular value to the healthcare organizations who have chosen Picis is ISH’s Perioperative Performance Improvement Dashboard, a valuable tool to help unlock business intelligence from your OR Information Systems and to provide continuous process improvement.

For High Point, ISH was able to make a series of recommendations for process improvements in the areas of Scheduling, Charge Auditing, Control Desk Management, Supply Chain Management, Preference Cards and Pick Tickets, Block Time and Room Utilization, Reporting and Data Management, and Systems Management. Implementation of the suggested strategies will lead to both operational and financial improvements for this organization.

About ISH, Inc.
Headquartered in Fairfield, NJ, ISH Inc is a leading national provider of Perioperative, Sterile Processing, ED, EMR, Supply Chain, Finance, HR/PR, Time & Attendance, Scheduling, Document Imaging, Interim Management as well as many other professional services for healthcare. ISH has delivered business improvement solutions and IT implementations to prominent healthcare providers throughout the nation since 1989. With a staff of over 150 professionals, an extensive best practice library developed from over 500 clients and a powerful program management methodology, ISH is positioned to deliver the results you need when you need them.

Contact: Mary Garland, 800-284-8018; ext. 336