Arkansas hospital taps Siemens for EHR financing

August 20, 2012, 10:21 am by Healthcare IT News

Siemens recently completed a 10-year, $10 million agreement, which included $4.8 million of financing, with Arkansas Heart Hospital for the acquisition and implementation of Siemens’ Soarian healthcare information technology solution. The hospital already used Siemens technology. The new Soarian deployment was completed with a tailored financing arrangement that was brokered through Iselin, N.J.-based Siemens Financial Services (SFS), according to Siemens officials. read more

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