Thought I Would Beat You to the Punch On This One.
Dynamic Healthcare Technologies announces live implementations
of CoPath Client/Server product at UCSF Medical Center and
Cornell Medical Center
MAITLAND, Fla.--(BW HealthWire)--March 31, 1997--
Dynamic's Enterprise-Wide Solution for Anatomic Pathology
Dynamic Healthcare Technologies today announced that the CoPath(R)
Client/Server solution for anatomic pathology is now in use at the
University of California, San Francisco Medical Center (UCSF)in San
Francisco, CA and at The New York Hospital (NYH) - Cornell Medical
Center in New York, NY. Both of these academic medical centers are
part of the CoPath Client/Server beta program under the auspices of
Dynamic's Clinical Solutions Center in Waltham, MA.
A complete clinical information system, CoPath includes an information
repository and an electronic patient record for anatomic pathology.
CoPath Client/Server runs on IBM(R) RS/6000(R), Intel(R) NT, or
DEC(TM) Alpha(TM) NT servers, with a Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Graphical
User Interface that supports Windows 95 and Windows NT(R). The system
combines a Sybase(R) relational database and Dynamic's Window Painter
tool set, which allows users to tailor data entry windows according to
their unique departmental requirements. CoPath Client/Server also
includes capabilities for images, graphics, and multimedia.
CoPath Client/Server is installed in a 1,310 bed, multi-hospital
setting at UCSF, encompassing the departments of anatomic pathology
at the Moffitt-Long and Mount Zion campuses. The implementation at NYH
supports a 910 bed environment which includes more than two dozen NYH
network affiliates. UCSF and NYH have configured CoPath Client/Server
on IBM RS/6000 servers. The application software at both institutions
consists of surgical pathology, cytology, histology, automatic SNOMED
II coding, and autopsy. At UCSF, a data conversion of some 500,000
cases is in progress; a similar data conversion of approximately
800,000 cases will occur at NYH later this spring. Both hospitals will
be updated within the next six months with additional system
functionality, including expanded histology features and auto-faxing.
Mitchel Laskey, Dynamic's president & CEO commmented,"This achievement
represents a tremendous effort on the part of our CoPath Client/Server
technical and implementation team. UCSF and NYH are major teaching
institutions and Dynamic's solution for anatomic pathology provides
the rich functionality required in such complex environments. We
appreciate the cooperation of the pathologists and others at both
hospitals in realizing smooth 'live' dates".
Dr. Charles Zaloudek, who played an instrumental role in the
implementation of CoPath Client/Server at UCSF, commented, "Our
reports are much nicer looking than they used to be and it's easier to
incorporate references. Before CoPath Client/Server we couldn't make
changes to reports or enter any data. We're quite happy with the benefits of the system."
At NYH, Dr. Steven Erde, Director of Academic Computing, expressed
optimism in how the pathology department is mastering the learning
curve for CoPath Client/Server. "Things are working well," he said,
"with the functionality of both the software and the various interfaces to other hospital departments."
Mr. Laskey continued, "As impressive as the CoPath Client/Server
product itself -- is the fact that our development team was able to
deliver the product within three months of Dynamic's acquisition of
CoMed. This successful product roll-out validates our conviction that
the technologies developed separately by CoMed and Dynamic
complemented each other in such a way as to ultimately create a
superior client/server solution for anatomic pathology. The
development of this product could not have been completed without
the rapid and successful integration of the Dynamic and CoMed teams."
Mr. Laskey concluded, "The successful implementation of this product
sets the stage for Dynamic to cross-sell our client/server product
into much of our existing client base, as well as the client base of
Sunquest, with whom we have an exclusive marketing agreement for the
CoPath product. Sunquest is already a leading provider of information
solutions to the clinical lab setting."
Dynamic Healthcare Technologies, Inc., headquartered near Orlando,
Florida, develops, markets and supports enterprise-wide, patient-
centered solutions that enable the efficient capture, storage,
archival and retrieval of electronic health information and the
world-wide sharing of this information across the continuum of care.
CoPath is a registered trademark of Dynamic Healthcare Technologies,
Inc. All other product and brand names are trademarks or registered
trademarks of their respective companies.
CONTACT: Dynamic Healthcare Technologies
Mary Lu Lander (media)
Vice President, Marketing
mlander@dht.com
Mitchel J. Laskey (investors)
President and Chief Executive Officer
mlaskey@dht.com
1-800-832-3020
or
Noonan/Russo Communications, Inc.
212-696-4455 ext. 274
Jessica Livingston (investors) ext. 274
Heather Hennessy (media) ext. 274
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