PatientKeeper Becomes Founding Member of National Alliance for Health Information Technology (NAHIT)
Demonstrates Mobile Technology's Role in Standardizing IT to Drive Patient Safety, Workflow Efficiency and Adoption of Clinical Decision Support
Boston, Mass. August 13, 2002 - PatientKeeper Inc., transforming the delivery of health care through mobile technology, today announced its position as a founding member of the National Alliance for Health Information Technology (NAHIT), a newly formed coalition organized to develop voluntary standards for health information technology (IT), and ultimately to improve patient care and health care delivery.
As a founding member of the Alliance, PatientKeeper will leverage its commitment to establishing open IT standards for mobile computing. "NAHIT's goal to standardize health care IT is in complete alignment with PatientKeeper's strategic vision," offered Richard Hall, PatientKeeper's chief operating officer. "We went to great lengths to ensure that PatientKeeper's Mobilizer platform and clinical application tools were all designed to completely integrate with existing IT systems or applications." Hall continued." We understand the need and the value in true integration and standardization and plan to support NAHIT's ambitious goal of accomplishing this industry-wide."
"The experience and vision of organizations like PatientKeeper increase the diversity and strength of the National Alliance," said Neil Jesuele, AHA executive vice president. "To achieve health information standardization, there must be collaboration. Together we can work to reach agreement through compromise and ultimately adopt IT standards."
The first project on the Alliance's agenda is the application of bar coding in health care. Used with success in areas such as retail and banking, bar-coding stands to improve efficiencies and processes in health care that will impact patient safety as well as workflow.
"PatientKeeper understood the critical need for bar-code functionality in health care and designed the capability to deliver it within the framework of the Mobilizer platform, stated Hall. "By partnering with Symbol Technologies, we've incorporated bar code technology that can be used for purposes as varied as coding patient wristbands to automatic dispensing and recording prescriptions."
Bar coding is just one of the areas where PatientKeeper will look to support NAHIT in their goal to standardize health care IT and improve care delivery. '"NAHIT's goals and achievements will benefit all facets of the health care industry and PatientKeeper plans to be a proactive and engaged Founding Partner." concluded Hall.
National Alliance for Health Information Technology (NAHIT)
The National Alliance for Health Information Technology is a diverse partnership of health care providers, information technology vendors, and national health and technology associations representing a broad spectrum of leaders with the capacity, resources and commitment to agree upon and create information technology standards in health care. For more information, see www.nahit.org.
About PatientKeeper
PatientKeeper, Inc. is accelerating the transformation of healthcare through mobile computing solutions designed to reduce medication errors, provide clinical decision support, integrate workflow and curb rising costs. Built on the foundation of healthcare's only open platform for mobile computing, PatientKeeper Enterprise leverages a hospital's existing infrastructure, empowering clinicians to perform critical patient care functions while communicating easily and securely with existing information systems. PatientKeeper's growing portfolio of mobile applications address the full spectrum of clinical decision support and resource allocation, seamlessly integrating on one handheld device. Strategic partners include Cerner Corporation, IBM, Certicom, MICROMEDEX and Symbol Technology. Patient Keeper, at www.patientkeeper.com, sets the global standard for mobile computing solutions, empowering a new generation in healthcare.
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