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EncounterCare Solutions, Inc. Launches Its Private Label HIPAA Compliant Electronic Medical Data Exchange.


PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. -- EncounterCare Solutions, Inc., (Pink Sheets:ECSL ECSL - Extended CSL.

A discrete simulation language, the successor to CSL.

["Extended Control and Simulation Language", A.T. Clementson, Comp J 9(3):215-220 (1966)].
) an integrated healthcare company focused on the health information technology, telemedicine, and homecare markets, announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary

A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock.

Notes:
In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners.
, Building Blocks Home Pediatric pediatric /pe·di·at·ric/ (pe?de-at´rik) pertaining to the health of children.

pe·di·at·ric
adj.
Of or relating to pediatrics.
 Services has launched its private label HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191) Also known as the "Kennedy-Kassebaum Act," this U.S. law protects employees' health insurance coverage when they change or lose their jobs (Title I) and provides standards for patient health,  compliant Electronic Medical Data Exchange (EMDE) portal through CyberMedx Medical Systems LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol.

LLC - Logical Link Control
 (a subsidiary of ECSL). The EMDE is an automated and integrated data management system designed to improve homecare service efficiency through near real-time homecare medical data access. The EMDE portal provides patient information which is accessible by licensed providers to manage individual patients which are at home. Initially, Building Blocks will deploy the EMDE to manage home sleep therapy studies and wound care therapy for infants and children in the State of California. ECSL believes that the market opportunity in the State of California alone for Building Blocks exceeds $2.5 billion.

In announcing the agreement, Ronald Mills, Sr., President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of EncounterCare stated, "The business of managing patient care remotely has never been so obviously needed as with wound care. There is a very limited supply of Enterostomal Therapists and their expertise is critical to managing wounds successfully to obtain the optimum patient outcome. The Electronic Medical Data Exchange allows the therapist to manage individual patients remotely by evaluating the wound and advising field nursing staff on the individual patient's care. We have been very pleased with the overall reception by both the private and public healthcare community organizations. We have also been working on several national agreements in wound therapy and skin care programs, and expect to have some meaningful announcements in the near future."

Jill Evans, Vice President and General Manager of Building Blocks Pediatric Home Health Services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract  stated, "Wound care is one of the fastest growing parts of our business. There is a tremendous need for the EMDE service and our unique way of managing the patient remotely will help us extend the reach of our program and services, and substantially improve the delivery of healthcare from the care provider to the patients."

About EncounterCare Solutions:

EncounterCare Solutions, Inc. (ECSL) headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida Palm Beach Gardens is a city in Palm Beach County in the U.S. state of Florida. The city is in the center of a rapidly-developing area north of West Palm Beach in the northern part of the county and the South Florida metropolitan area. , is an integrated healthcare company that operates its business through two divisions, the Healthcare Technology Division and the healthcare Services Division. ECSL's four operating businesses offer a broad range of proprietary healthcare technology, products and services that address several substantial target markets, including: the Healthcare Information Technology market, the Healthcare Telemedicine market (Electronic Health Record and Electronic Medical Data Exchange), and the Homecare market. ECSL's four operating businesses include: a Pharmacy, Building Blocks Pediatric Home Health Services, CyberMedx Medical Systems and Encounter Select. www.encountercare.com.

About CyberMedx Medical Systems LLC and Electronic Medical Data Exchange:

CyberMedx Medical Systems LLC, located in Dana Point, California Dana Point is a city located in southern Orange County, California. The population was 35,110 at the 2000 census. As one of the few harbors along the Orange County coast, and with ready access via California State Route 1, it is a popular local destination for surfing and is home , is a healthcare technology company specializing in developing products that provide wireless patient data management, communication, and information systems for both the Hospital and the Homecare markets. Cybermedx has developed the InteleNett[TM] family of patient data management products for hospitals and the STATus[TM] family of device management products for homecare. The InteleNett[TM] suite of products consists of a software and hardware platform that includes four main products: CyberTrac, CyberStat, PatientLink, and WaveLynx. In the homecare market, the 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.
 STATus family of products enables homecare medical devices to communicate through the Electronic Medical Data Exchange (EMDE). These systems increase staff productivity, reduce the cost of care, improve efficiency and extend the operational life expectancy Life Expectancy

1. The age until which a person is expected to live.

2. The remaining number of years an individual is expected to live, based on IRS issued life expectancy tables.
 of existing patient monitoring and therapy delivery devices. www.cybermedx.com.

Building Blocks Pediatric Home Health Services:

Building Blocks Home Health Pediatric Services, headquartered in Irvine, California Irvine is an incorporated city in Orange County, California, United States. It is a planned city, mainly developed by the Irvine Company since the 1960s. Formally incorporated on December 28 1971, the 69.7 square mile (180.5 km²) city has a population of 202,079 (as of 2007). , is a high-tech pediatric home care company exclusively for children, from premature infants to adolescents. Building Blocks is the leading home provider of purely pediatric services in California and offers a broad range of pediatric and neonatal services that include: skilled nursing, home infusion, medical equipment and managed care programs, and ancillary services among others. www.care4kids.com.

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