AHT Corporation Announces Agreement for Its Internet-Enabled Clinical E-Commerce Laboratory Product With the University of Michigan Health System.TARRYTOWN, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 27, 1999-- AHT AHT Animal Health Trust (Suffolk, England) AHT American Hairless Terrier (dog breed) AHT After Hours Trading AHT Animal Health Technician AHT Anchor Handling Tug Corporation (Nasdaq: AHTC AHTC Akademischer Hockey Und Tennis Club ) announced today that the University of Michigan Health System The medical center also includes the Michigan Health Corporation, through which UMHS partners with other medical centers and hospital to provide specialized care throughout Michigan. , based in Ann Arbor, Michigan  “Ann Arbor” redirects here. For other uses, see Ann Arbor (disambiguation). Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County. , has licensed AHT's Web Browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. Dr. Chart product. The U-M U-M University of Michigan (also seen as UM) Health System comprises the U-M Medical School and its Faculty Group Practice, three hospitals with more than 870 beds, 30 health centers, ambulatory care services through 120 outpatient clinics, and M-CARE HMO HMO health maintenance organization. HMO n. A corporation that is financed by insurance premiums and has member physicians and professional staff who provide curative and preventive medicine within certain financial, , its managed care organization serving more than 170,000 members. U-M Health System will initially use AHT's Web Browser Dr. Chart product for its laboratory outreach program and will evaluate it for implementation throughout the Health System in the future. "Facilitating electronic test orders is one of the greatest challenges in the laboratory industry today," said Dr. Bruce Friedman, Professor of Pathology and Director of Ancillary Information Systems for U-M Health System. "We feel that the Dr. Chart product meets our strategic needs in this regard. We are particularly impressed with the web-based ordering, which will be the dominant mode for test ordering in the future." Dr. Chart links physicians to clinical laboratory systems, allowing them to initiate laboratory orders and to view the results electronically. The Web-enabled version makes the clinical information available on a real-time basis in a secure intranet environment. "This is an important contract for our company, as it serves to validate the breadth and depth of our laboratory connectivity product," said Rob Alger, AHT's Chief Information Officer. "Dr. Friedman is among the most prominent thought leaders regarding electronic laboratory connectivity and the automation of laboratory transactions. We take great pride and satisfaction in U-M Health System's selection of our Dr. Chart product." AHT Corporation (Nasdaq: AHTC) participates in the growing healthcare e-commerce market. The Company provides information technology enabling the electronic management of laboratory and prescription transactions. AHT's goal is to be a leading provider of Internet-based clinical e-commerce among physicians and healthcare organizations. For more information, please visit AHT 's website at www.ahtech.com. (Effective February 1, 1999, Advanced Health Corporation chan |
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