Products & Services - News Briefs

Health Management Technology, Sept, 1999

Recent announcements of new healthcare information technology products and services.

Close Encounter of the Allergy Procedure Tool Kind

WEBCODER version 1.06 includes a flexible easy-to-use Allergy Procedure Tool. It is designed to automate the documentation of an entire patient encounter and create an Evaluation and Management billing code in accordance with the Health Care Financing Administration guidelines, all via the Internet. it also provides completely customizable allergen lists, vial settings, and response-recordings, which enable physicians to completely customize their own settings in accordance with their practice. In addition, skin test orders, test results, antigen mixtures, and injection and treatment results can be authenticated by physicians or by a member of their staff. There is also a "history of immunization" feature that allows the physician to track treatment progress and results.--Elixis Corp.

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A New Entity: Patient Management System

Version 3.1 of the ENTITY patient management system contains new features to improve quality of care and office efficiency. It includes the expansion of user interfaces with the addition of voice technology and now supports voice recognition software to eliminate transcription. It also features a lab results module that allows for the input of external laboratory data so practices can easily collect, analyze and route patients' lab results.--Health Care Data Systems

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Electronic Image Management System

IMAGEpac is a powerful electronic image management system created for UNIX-based computer systems. A stand-alone system, it offers multiple levels of integration at the presentation, database or application level. With this product, the technology files, routes, tracks, archives, and manages an organization's entire load of incoming and outgoing documents. Features are focused on automating key aspects of the enterprise workflow and include capture of document images from scanner, faxes, laser disc or other external sources; scalable indexing customizable to the needs of the end user; quick retrieval of images for viewing, faxing or printing; user-specific access to images; archived images in virtual folders; and continuous image recovery.--Eldorado Computing

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A New Vision for Report and Graph Distribution

EnterpriseVision[TM], built on Internet technology, automates report and graph distribution across the healthcare enterprise. The idea is that everyone n the organization should access the same data by using a simple Web browser in addition to this customized point and click interface. It provides a secure system for storing and quickly retrieves information by common sense subjects, getting the right information to the right person at the right time-instant access to critical information. It even interfaces with legacy systems for "paperless" production.--Kreg Information Systems

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Complete HCIS over Internet for FREE

NetDbos is the future of healthcare information systems from a company with 17 successful years of HCIS experience. Hospitals, independent labs, group and private practices can now operate the entire system over the Internet for free. There is no on-site server to maintain and users have world wide, real-time, secure access to the complete system. Visit www.netdbos.com to download the NetDbos demo client software.--CompuLab

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Monitoring System Integrates with Bedside Devices

The HP Viridia Component Monitoring System now offers new measurements and provides connectivity, flexibility and integration with many other bedside devices. This series includes advanced monitoring capabilities and features models designed specifically for adult, neonatal or pediatric patients, as well as for the anesthesia environment. The latest capabilities can be incorporated into any CMS patient monitor through software and hardware updates. The series also offers comprehensive information management across the acute-care continuum, including local data integration, bed-to-bed and unit-to-unit overviews, and information integration with central monitoring and clinical information-management systems. The HP VueLink module provides a library of interfaces to devices from other manufacturers, such as ventilators, anesthesia machines, incubators and stand-alone measurement devices.--Hewlett-Packard Medical Products

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Intranet and Extranets Transformed into Quality Control Systems

Statit e-QC[TM] combines dynamic interactive Web technologies with powerful statistical quality analysis techniques to transform company intranets and extranets into quality control systems with Web-enabled strategic analysis functions Users examine data on an ad hoc basis. Its powerful drill-down capabilities allow the user to click on a chart or data point to immediately access the underlying data. With that information, the user can easily see the source of a quality condition, trend or issue, and take appropriate action to remedy it. It is configured on site to accommodate an organization's specific analysis and reporting requirements. On-site developers use a powerful, easy-to-learn macro language to customize user interface screens and reports. Statit automatically generates and posts dynamic or static quality information as Web pages, so the developer requires no Web programming skills.--Statware, Inc.