Comments on: News 7/25/07

By: Soarian in the Know

Soarian in the Know — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:35:00 +0000

If anyone would like to understand the true state of Soarian at “University Hospitals of Cleveland”, they should contact Edward Marx, Don Paulson or Liz Novak. Relying on rumor and then repeating it as fact is not credible.

By: Soarian Tracker

Soarian Tracker — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 01:04:02 +0000

In response to Dr. Ben’s question, he must be asking about Soarian Financials because that is what Susquehanna has been the alpha/beta site for. My understanding is that Susquehanna is still the only site with elements of Soarian Financials live and it is not being fully used across all of Susquehanna. The general feeling is that Soarian Financials is still a long way from being ready (3-5 years). Hard to replace a system as proven and flexible as INVISION. University Hospitals of Cleveland has been very disappointed because they hoped to replace their homegrown billing system three years ago. So far, they only have Soarian Scheduling live in Rehab and they aren’t happy with how it is working there (barely better than paper and not all users agree that it is).

By: Veggie Beat Manifesto

Veggie Beat Manifesto — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:02:54 +0000

I think Meat Beat is not exactly correct about a Cerner guy taking over the Misys Connect product. My understanding is that there are going to be several sales types promoting Connect and other large opportunities and they will report to the individual regions. Which, actually, sounds a bit “groundhog” day-ish, as Mr. Santana pointed out.

By: carlos santana

carlos santana — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:13:03 +0000

As my brother George said: those who don’t remember the past are doomed to repeat it. Misys continues an endless loop of groundhog day-making sales people pay the price fro products which haven’t been significantly changed since 1984 (Tiger-unless you call a GUI overlay in 1999 a change; and Vision since 1994-again, unless you count Vision or Windoews) Add that to a sales org structure which is virtually identical to what they have had for the past 10 years- Tiger reps, Vision reps and “big deal” peope. Big deal. For this they paid BCG and Mackenzie millions? I doubt if big systems guys from Kodak, Eclipsys, etc. will have much impact. Watch for this property to be privare equitied in the next year. When do we hear about re-orgs in d and d and product management

By: Dr. Ben Samuels

Dr. Ben Samuels — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 02:48:45 +0000

Can anyone provide an update of Soarian live sites? Aside from Susquehanna, is anyone using the workflow they promote in this product? Seems to me like a lot of nice promises, but little results.