CGH Medical Center Selects Dialog Medical.

Dialog Medical's iMedConsent[TM] application to automate and enhance the informed consent process

ATLANTA -- Dialog Medical, the leading provider of informed consent and patient education systems for hospitals and physician practices, today announced a new contract for its iMedConsent application with CGH Medical Center, a 99-bed community medical center based in the Rock River Valley region of northern Illinois. Implementation of the informed consent application is scheduled to begin in early July.

iMedConsent includes consent forms for more than two thousand medical and surgical procedures; patient education documents for thousands of diagnoses and treatments; and an extensive anatomical image gallery that allows the provider to annotate images and simplify complex topics for the patient. In addition, the application automates the completion of patient documentation ranging from HIPAA disclosures to advance directives.

"The patient has the right to be informed of all aspects of a contemplated treatment prior to undergoing that procedure," said Mary Jean Derreberry, BSN, RNC, director of surgical, ambulatory care and pain clinic at CGH Medical Center. "Dialog Medical's iMedConsent application met all of our requirements for a comprehensive tool to assist our providers during the informed consent process."

Procedure-specific consent forms and other documents, in both English and Spanish, generated by the Web-based iMedConsent application will be available to all providers via CGH Medical Center's intranet. In addition, providers who perform procedures at CGH will be able to access the application remotely from their offices.

"CGH Medical Center is taking an extremely progressive approach to ensuring compliance with all Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) requirements and Joint Commission standards that apply to the informed consent process," said Michael Burke, president of Dialog Medical. "We look forward to working with an institution that places such a high priority on giving patients all the information they need to make informed care decisions."

About Dialog Medical

Dialog Medical is a leading provider of informed consent and patient education systems for hospitals and physician practices. The company's iMedConsent[TM] application is currently used by more than 15,000 physicians in hospitals and physician practices nationwide. For more information on Dialog Medical and its products, visit www.dialogmedical.com.

About CGH Medical Center

Located in the Rock River Valley region of northern Illinois, CGH Medical Center is a progressive acute care facility. Owned by the City of Sterling, it has maintained itself as one of the lowest cost medical centers in Illinois while still modernizing and keeping to date with the latest advances in medical care. CGH inpatient services include a 41 bed medical unit, a 30 bed surgical unit, a 10 suite birthing center, 5 pediatric beds, and 13 CCU/ICU/Biotelemetry beds. Outpatient services include a state-of-the-art Cath Lab, CAP accredited laboratory as well as diagnostic imaging which includes: whole body CT and high field MRI. CGH employs over 900 caring people. The medical staff consists of 132 physicians specializing in 35 areas of medicine. For more information on CGH Medical Center, visit www.cghmc.com.