CareTools Releases Pocket Chart for Trauma and Critical Care Physicians.Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers/High-Tech Writers SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 9, 2003 CareTools, a leading point-of-care software vendor, today announced that it has released the first palm-top coding and charting system designed for Trauma and Critical Care physicians. The system is based on the company's industry leading Pocket Chart product, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). based electronic medical record (EMR (ElectroMagnetic Radiation) The emanation of energy from everything in the universe. Although the EMR from electrical and electronic devices is typically measured for practical, every-day situations, every object, including humans, emanates energy. ) system recently acquired from GE Medical Information Systems. The new release marks the first in a series of specialty modules designed to automate charting and coding for mobile physicians. Trauma and Critical Care physicians assisted CareTools in developing a system that can meet the time sensitive demands of front-line medicine. "Pocket Chart is the only system that allows me to document complete notes and related charges in minutes that are consistent with CMS (1) See content management system and color management system. (2) (Conversational Monitor System) Software that provides interactive communications for IBM's VM operating system. guidelines,... right on my Pocket PC", commented Lawrence Lottenberg, MD FACS FACS Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. FACS abbr. Fellow of the American College of Surgeons FACS fluorescence-activated cell sorter. , Director Trauma and Critical Care Memorial Regional Hospital Hollywood, FL. "From a financial perspective, the CareTools system has resulted in a 30% increase in collections over the past 12 months for my institution, a remarkable an ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). of over 10 fold", stated Dr. Lottenburg. The new product was announced at the national Trauma and Critical Care Conference last month and is used by several trauma centers in the US to better document and codify codify to arrange and label a system of laws. patient admissions, daily visits and routine procedures. CareTools is also testing an extended Bioterrorism Surveillance and Response Module, designed to satisfy local, county and state trauma facility bioterrorism readiness requirements as set forth by the Centers for Disease Control. A critical element within an effective Trauma Center information technology plan, Pocket Chart serves as the digital interface to the doctor and associated medical staff. Several studies have demonstrated the significant benefits point-of-care systems create for the doctor, the healthcare system and the patient. CareTools is a premier provider of the latest and most technologically advanced point-of-care systems available. Utilizing Microsoft Pocket PC devices It may never be fully completed or, depending on its its nature, it may be that it can never be completed. However, new and revised entries in the list are always welcome. This is a list of Pocket PC and Windows CE devices, and companies that make, or have made, them. , CareTools enables the individual practitioner to automate CMS compliant chart notes, charge capture as well as prescription writing. A closely held A phrase used to describe the ownership, management, and operation of a corporation by a small group of people. In a closely held corporation, the same people often act as shareholders, directors, and officers, and no outside investors exist. private company, CareTools is led by a physician / engineer who introduced the first hand-held EMR to the industry ten years ago. CareTools is based in Seattle WA. |
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