AutoData Systems, a Unit of Electro-Sensors, Inc., and 3M Home Health Systems Partner to Automate Data Entry for Healthcare.MINNEAPOLIS--(BW HealthWire)--March 18, 1999--AutoData(R) Systems, a unit of Electro-Sensors, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : ELSE), has partnered with 3M Home Health Systems to provide automated data collection solutions for homecare agencies. 3M will sell scanning solutions created by AutoData, which allow home care agencies to continue to meet regulatory requirements Regulatory requirements are part of the process of drug discovery and drug development. Regulatory requirements describe what is necessary for a new drug to be approved for marketing in any particular country. in a rapidly changing care delivery and reimbursement Reimbursement Payment made to someone for out-of-pocket expenses has incurred. environment. 3M will also integrate the AutoData Software Development Kit (SDK (Software Developer's Kit) See developer's toolkit and Windows SDK. SDK - Software Developers Kit (or "Software Development Kit"). ) into their 3M Datacron Home Care Management System software recently acquired from Datacron Inc. This combined solution will allow homecare agencies to utilize AutoData's premier scanning technology directly within 3M's software. The combination will enable homecare agencies to take initial steps toward fully automated patient data entry, in addition to allowing automated processing of reports required by regulatory agencies regulatory agency Independent government commission charged by the legislature with setting and enforcing standards for specific industries in the private sector. The concept was invented by the U.S. . Initial applications will include OASIS and Clinical Pathways clinical pathway Critical pathway, treatment pathway Clinical medicine A standardized algorithm of a consensus of the best way to manage a particular condition Modalities used Teletherapy, brachytherapy, hyperthermia and stereotactic radiation. . 3M Home Health Systems provides comprehensive information systems solutions for home care and hospice hospice, program of humane and supportive care for the terminally ill and their families; the term also applies to a professional facility that provides care to dying patients who can no longer be cared for at home. agencies. Products include the 3M Datacron Scheduling System, 3M Datacron Home Care Management System and 3M Datacron Clinical Documentation System for the Office and Point of Care. 3M Home Health Systems is a business of 3M, a diversified, international company with a health care business consisting of over 10,000 medical, surgical, consumer, home health care, dental and pharmaceutical products. For more information about 3M Home Health Systems products send e-mail to: healthcare@3m.com, call 1-800-447-3377 ext. 624 or write to 3M Home Health Systems, 977 Oaklawn Avenue, Elmhurst, IL 60126. More information on 3M Datacron products can be found on the web site at http://www.3m.com/hhs. AutoData Systems provides image-based scanning systems to automate data entry from paper forms. Products include AutoData Survey, AutoData Survey+, AutoData Pro and AutoData SDK. These patented systems can read bar code, check marks, alphanumeric alphanumeric (ăl'fən  mĕr`ĭk) or alphameric (ăl'fəmĕr`ĭk), the set of letters and numbers. hand printing, and image capture from scanned or faxed images. Over 2,000 systems have been installed in healthcare organizations allowing users to process forms accurately in a fraction of the time previously required using manual data entry. For more information on AutoData Systems and its series of software solutions, contact: AutoData Systems 6111 Blue Circle Drive Minnetonka, MN 55343 Phone: (800) 662-2192 FAX: (612) 938-4693 Web site: www.autodata.com (a) 3M and Datacron are trademarks of the 3M Company (b) AutoData is a trademark of Electro-Sensors, Inc. |
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