Dynamic Announces Recent Client Contracts.Business Editors and Health/Medical Writers LAKE MARY, Fla.--(BW HealthWire)--Nov. 2, 2001 Dynamic Healthcare Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: DHTI DHTI Digital Home Technology Integration ) today announced contracts for its market leading clinical and diagnostic information products and services with the following clients: Cleveland Clinic Foundation Founded in 1921, the Cleveland Clinic has been recognized by U.S News & World Report as one of the four "Best Hospitals" in America. The Cleveland Clinic handles more than 70,000 cytology cytology (sītŏl`əjē), in biology, the study of the structure of all normal and abnormal components of cells and the changes, movements, and transformations of such components. and 80,000 surgical specimens for its almost 2 million outpatient visits and 50,000 hospital admissions annually. As part of its 100-user multi-site implementation of Dynamic's CoPathPlus Anatomic Pathology System, the Cleveland Clinic will install several HL7 interfaces to various systems installed at the Clinic including IDX (IDX Systems Corporation, South Burlington, VT, www.idx.com) One of the largest health care information systems companies in the country, acquired in 2006 by GE Healthcare (www.gehealthcare.com), a unit of the General Electric Company. , Epic, McKesson and Siemens. Cleveland Clinic also purchased voice recognition, PICSPlus integrated imaging, and automatic and on-demand fax modules. Mobile Medical Group The Mobile Medical Group is the largest provider of portable x-ray services in Michigan to Long Term Care facilities and home health agencies. Under its contract with Dynamic, Mobile Medical Group will use CoMed for Radiology Management, Dynamic's ASP version of its RadPlus Radiology Information System A Radiology Information System (RIS) is used by radiology departments to store, manipulate and distribute patient radiological data and imagery. The system generally consists of patient tracking and scheduling, result reporting and image tracking capabilities. (RIS RIS rabies inhibiting substance. ), to automate 100,000 annual procedures. The implementation will include registration and billing interfaces as well as an interface to Mobile's installed PACS (Picture ArChiving System) A storage and management system for high-resolution images. Typically pertaining to the medical field, images such as X-rays, MRIs and CAT scans require a greater amount of storage than other industries. . AD PathLabs AD PathLabs is a newly formed network of regional laboratories providing outsourcing services to several hospitals in southern California. AD PathLabs plans to process approximately 100,000 surgical and 150,000 cytology specimens during its first year of operation. This centralized implementation of CoPathPlus will consolidate data from several stand-alone Pathology systems from Sunquest and Cerner as well as 3 interfaces for registration, billing and results. CoPathPlus will be installed on a Windows 2000 operating system for 60 users. Pathology Medical Services, Inc. Pathology Medical Services, Inc. (PMSI PMSI Purchase-Money Security Interest (generally a lien resulting from a purchase such as a car loan) PMSI Physician Micro Systems, Inc. PMSI Programme de Médicalisation des Systèmes d'Information Hospitaliers PMSI Popular Mortgage Servicing, Inc. ), based in Lincoln, Nebraska, is a reference laboratory serving the greater Lincoln area. Under its contract with Dynamic, PMSI will use CoMed for Pathology Management, Dynamic's ASP hosted version of CoPathPlus, to automate 125,000 surgical and cytology specimens annually. BJC BJC British Journal of Cancer BJC Baptist Joint Committee BJC Bechtel Jacobs Company, LLC BJC Bryce Jordan Center (Penn State University building) BJC Barnes-Jewish/Christian (BJC Healthcare) Christian Hospital Northeast Christian Hospital, located in St. Louis, Missouri, is part of the BJC Health System. Christian Hospital handles 20,000 surgical and 35,000 cytology cases per year. The 50-user CoPathPlus implementation will include HL7 registration, results and billing interfaces. Physician's Reference Laboratory Physician's Reference Laboratory, a reference laboratory located in Overland Park, Kansas Overland Park is the second most populous city in the U.S. state of Kansas. It is located in Johnson County, a satellite city of Kansas City, and is near Olathe, Lenexa, Prairie Village and Leawood. In 2006, the estimated population is 167,500. , has purchased CoPathPlus for 60 users. Physician's Reference Laboratory handles 60,000 surgical and 55,000 cytology cases per year. The CoPathPlus purchase marks the second Dynamic system to be implemented at Physician's Reference Lab. Dynamic's Premier Series Laboratory Information System (LIS LIS - Langage Implementation Systeme. A predecessor of Ada developed by Ichbiah in 1973. It was influenced by Pascal's data structures and Sue's control structures. A type declaration can have a low-level implementation specification. ) currently automates Physician's Reference Labs clinical laboratory operation. Memorial Health System of East Texas Memorial Health System of East Texas, located in Lufkin Texas, is an integrated health organization comprised of three hospitals and seven clinics and home care facilities. Memorial Health System has purchased CoPathPlus NT for 10 users with HL7 interfaces for registration, results, and billing. Memorial Health System had previously implemented Dynamic's Premier LIS system. Illini Hospital Located in Silvis, Illinois, Illini Hospital is a full-service acute care medical center, featuring a full range of inpatient and outpatient services outpatient services Hospital-based services Managed care Medical and other services provided, to a nonadmitted Pt, by a hospital or other qualified facility–eg, mental health clinic, rural health clinic, mobile X-ray unit, free-standing dialysis unit Examples to residents of a three county area. In addition to primary care and a designated Level II trauma center In the United States a Level II trauma center provides emergency medicine to trauma patients. A Level II trauma center works in collaboration with a Level I trauma center. It provides comprehensive trauma care and supplements the clinical expertise of a Level I institution. , Illini also offers sophisticated medical specialties and diagnostics. Illini Hospital handles 16,000 surgical and cytology specimens annually. The 10-user CoPathPlus implementation will include HL7 registration and results interfaces. Caldwell Memorial Caldwell Memorial, located in Lenoir, North Carolina Lenoir is a city in Caldwell County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 16,793 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Caldwell CountyGR6. Lenoir is located in the Blue Ridge foothills. is a 120-bed hospital handling approximately 25,000 specimens per year. Caldwell purchased CoPathPlus NT for 10 users with HL7 interfaces for registration and billing. Caldwell is a Pathology Services Associates member. About Dynamic Dynamic is transforming diagnostic medicine through its clinical and diagnostic workflow solutions for pathology, laboratory and radiology services in hospitals, clinics and ambulatory care settings. The company's systems are installed in more than 640 client locations, including half of the nation's "Best Hospitals" and 40% of the "Best Hospitals" in cancer treatment, as reported in US News and World Reports magazine. On September 5, 2001, Dynamic entered into a merger agreement with Cerner Corporation (Nasdaq:CERN CERN or European Organization for Nuclear Research, nuclear and particle physics research center straddling the French-Swiss border W of Geneva, Switzerland. ). The merger is expected to be completed in December 2001 pending shareholder approval. Forward Looking Statement This press release contains forward looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, certain areas beyond the Company's control with respect to future business events and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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