Surgical Associates of Cambridge Contracts to
Use Ocgt's Patient Management System
NEW YORK, Aug. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- 0CG Technology, Inc. ( OCG Technology
Inc ) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, PrimeCare Systems, Inc.
("PSI") has signed an agreement with Massachusetts based Surgical Associates of
Cambridge, Inc. ("SAC") under which PSI will license its PrimeCare(TM) Patient
Management System software to SAC on a fee for use basis for use with SAC's
patient base. SAC is physician-owned and operates three facilities in the Boston
area which contract with hospitals to perform General, Vascular, Hepato-Biliary
and Endovascular surgery. SAC's surgeons hold facility appointments at
Harvard Medical School and Tufts University School of Medicine and are
affiliated with The Cambridge Hospital, Mount Auburn Hospital, The Medical
Center at Symmes, New England Deaconess Hospital and Youville Hospital.
Dr. Horst S. Filtzer, President of SAC stated, "As practicing surgeons, we
continually strive to maintain and improve our skills and to keep abreast of the
latest advances in surgical science and medical technology for the benefit of
those entrusted to our professional care. I believe that the PrimeCare System is
an advancement in medical technology which will further our goal of
providing the highest quality care to our patients, both before and after surgery."
Edward Levine, President of OCG joined Daniel Rockmore, President of PSI
stating "We are pleased that our PrimeCare Patient Management System has
been selected for use by a surgical group of the caliber of SAC and are gratified
that our PrimeCare System software will be used to create electronic medical
records for their surgical patients."
PSI's PrimeCare System enables physicians to improve the quality of patient care
while reducing health care costs. The approach is centered on a
patient-computer interactive system which records the patient's history via
responses to simple "yes" or "no" on-screen queries. Through its use, the
PrimeCare System provides the physician with the possible diagnoses of the
patient's complaint and with expert physician medical reference material which
may be viewed on-screen or printed at the touch of a button. In addition, the
PrimeCare System provides patients with printed educational materials
concerning their disease and its management and prescribed medications,
cross-checks for drug interactions, and prints out legible prescriptions to reduce
pharmacy errors. The PrimeCare System also automates the production of a
complete patient record, replacing hand written or dictated records. The medical
content of the PrimeCare System is maintained and updated by the Mount Sinai
School of Medicine in New York City.
OCGT also manufactures and markets the Cardiointegraph, a patented device
for the early detection of coronary heart disease in patients who have a normal
resting electrocardiogram. In addition, it markets medical billing software to
physicians and other healthcare providers. SOURCE OCG Technology, Inc. |
