MedcomSoft Inc - MDCM
MedcomSoft launches suite of Internet solutions for health care
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1999-04-05 close $0.55
Wednesday Apr 7 1999
Mr. Sami Aita reports
The company has launched its new suite of Internet solutions for health care. This package of products and services will provide physicians with easy access to the Internet, Web-enable MedcomSoft's flagship MedWorks Electronic Medical Records software, and offer health care consumers quality medical information from a secure electronic commerce site.
MedcomSoft has entered into a partner agreement with PsiNet Canada that will allow it to resell PsiNet's Internet access, E-mail and Web-hosting services to its health care provider clients. PsiNet is Canada's largest Internet service provider and the largest independent global ISP. The agreement will enable MedcomSoft to offer its clients one-stop shopping for Internet health care applications and access.
MedcomSoft announced the beta release of the MedWorks Internet extension (MIE) for its MedWorks practice management and Electronic Medical Records software. The Internet extension Web-enables MedWorks, allowing physicians to share patient records electronically over a secure Internet site. Doctors will be able to issue a personal identification number to their patients that will allow them secure global access to their medical records. Patients can provide this PIN to other health care providers that may need their information, such as specialists or out-of-town providers when the patient is travelling. Sharing patient records electronically allows for improved quality of care through more timely and accurate transfer of information between providers.
MedcomSoft will also be launching two Websites based on the Medcin technology licenced from Medicomp Systems Inc. of Chantilly, Va. Medicomp, the publisher of Medcin, has worked for 20 years with practicing physicians at Cornell, Harvard, John Hopkins and other major medical centres to develop a documentation engine for use at the point-of-care. Medcin provides an extensive database of clinical findings, with links to thousands of diagnoses and an artificial intelligence engine for clinical decision support.
The first Website will provide diagnostic decision support tools for health care providers around the world on a subscription basis. Physicians will be able to enter patient demographic information, medical history, symptoms and examination findings and be provided with a list of possible diagnoses and treatments, as well as other potential examinations and questions that could narrow the list of diagnoses. This on-line tool will assist providers in decision making by providing comprehensive protocols for gathering of patient information.
The second Website will be a consumer version of the Medcin-based tool. Users accessing the secure site can enter their medical information and be provided with a list of possible diagnoses in lay terminology. The site will facilitate patient education and allow patients to better communicate with their health care providers.
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