Lumetra PSO to distribute iSOFT’s AIMS incident management software in the U.S. market

iSOFT Group LimitedMar 1 2010

iSOFT Group Limited, one of the world’s largest healthcare information technology companies, today announced a strategic partnership with Lumetra PSO, a US Government-backed Patient Safety Organization (PSO). Lumetra agreed to provide iSOFT’s AIMS incident management software to US healthcare organizations that are seeking to reduce the complexity and cost of their patient safety and risk management programs.

“The AIMS application is one of iSOFT’s key offerings in the important US market. It is proven across organizations such as NSW Health, serving a population of nearly 7 million people in Australia.”

Under the agreement, iSOFT appointed Lumetra PSO, a unit of San Francisco-based healthcare consultancy Lumetra Healthcare Solutions, to market, support and distribute AIMS in the United States. PSOs provide consulting services to US healthcare organizations that are seeking to minimize the safety risks of delivering care. Information used by PSOs has been afforded protection by the US Government as healthcare providers seek to better understand and prevent medical errors.

“The PSO market in the US is at an exciting and critical point as healthcare providers seek to partner with PSOs that can help them to understand and address patient safety problems,” said Gary Cohen, iSOFT Executive Chairman & CEO. “The AIMS application is one of iSOFT’s key offerings in the important US market. It is proven across organizations such as NSW Health, serving a population of nearly 7 million people in Australia.”

AIMS incident management software provides an integrated electronic solution for collecting, tracking, reporting, and managing patient safety activity. The software captures adverse event and near miss information across acute care, community care, disability care, mental health, and residential aged care. Used by more than 400 Australian hospitals, as well as at sites in South Africa, New Zealand, and the United States, AIMS includes a standardized classification (taxonomy) that is recognized by the World Health Organization and the US Institute of Medicine.

Michael Dahlweid, iSOFT’s Chief Medical Officer, said: “AIMS is web-based, secure, sophisticated, easy-to-use, and highly efficient. It uses the latest knowledge engineering methods to construct a high performance classification system. Its automated ‘alert’ and workflow functionality assures healthcare managers are notified about serious events, while providing follow-up notices to staff. Built-in Business Intelligence enables analysts extract meaningful information from a myriad of data points.”