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Dynamic Announces Three Year Agreement for Internet Results Delivery With Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas.


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, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 2001

Dynamic Healthcare Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:DHTI DHTI Digital Home Technology Integration ) today announced a contract with Presbyterian Hospital Presbyterian Hospital can refer to several places:
  • New York-Presbyterian Hospital, a hospital in New York City
  • Presbyterian Hospital (Charlotte), a hospital in Charlotte, North Carolina
  • Presbyterian Hospital (Albuquerque), a hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico
 of Dallas for use of Dynamic's CoMed for Results, an Internet based service for the delivery of pathology pathology, study of the cause of disease and the modifications in cellular function and changes in cellular structure produced in any cell, organ, or part of the body by disease.  results and images to referring physicians. A flagship hospital for Texas Health Resources, Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas is part of the Presbyterian Healthcare System and a referral center for North and East Texas.

CoMed for Results provides secure Internet delivery of clinical results from anatomic anatomic /ana·tom·ic/ (an?ah-tom´ik) anatomical.
Anatomic
Related to the physical structure of an organ or organism.
 pathology to treating physicians. The product's advanced design also enables clinical and diagnostic information from Dynamic and non-Dynamic systems to be delivered through CoMed for Results. Clinicians can choose to access patients' results by logging in A colloquial term for the process of making the initial record of the names of individuals who have been brought to the police station upon their arrest.

The process of logging in is also called booking.
 to a secure web site or having the results and images delivered to them via secure e-mail.

Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas is a 900-bed, community hospital located north of downtown Dallas Downtown Dallas is the main business district in Dallas, Texas (USA), located in the geographic center of the city. The area officially termed "downtown" is bounded by the downtown freeway loop: bounded on the east by I-345 (although known and signed as the northern terminus of , Texas, that offers a full range of services. The hospital's staff of 1,200 physicians includes nine pathologists in the Department of Pathology, where 25,000 surgical cases and 5,000 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.  cases are handled annually. The department uses the Dynamic CoPathPlus advanced anatomic pathology information system. CoPathPlus was installed at Presbyterian in 1998 to replace their existing anatomic pathology system.

Dr. Richard Voet, Medical Director of Anatomic Pathology and Laboratory Information Systems, commented: "Internet delivery of results to referring physicians is a natural extension of the service we provide to our community. Through CoMed for Results, we continue to incorporate new technology to enhance the practice of diagnostic medicine. Having CoMed hosted and managed by Dynamic makes good business sense as it allows Presbyterian and its medical staff members to deliver expanded services without incurring upfront capital costs and reduces the implementation and maintenance burden."

Christopher Assif, Dynamic's Chief Executive Officer, said, "Dynamic is pleased to expand our relationship with Presbyterian Hospital and Texas Health Resources. The implementation of CoMed for Results will increase service levels for physicians on the medical staffs of the Presbyterian System hospitals while reducing administrative delays and costs for the distribution of paper based pathology reports."

Dynamic Healthcare Technologies is transforming diagnostic medicine through its clinical and diagnostic workflow solutions for pathology, laboratory and radiology radiology, branch of medicine specializing in the use of X rays, gamma rays, radioactive isotopes, and other forms of radiation in the diagnosis and treatment of disease.  services in hospitals, clinics, and ambulatory care ambulatory care
n.
Medical care provided to outpatients.


ambulatory care,
n the health services provided on an outpatient basis to those who can visit a health care facility and return home the same day.
 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. Dynamic is expanding its reach even deeper into the care process through Internet-based clinical connectivity and applications service provider capabilities marketed under the name CoMed.

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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