Duke University Health System Deploys Wireless Solutions Across Its Diverse and Expansive Organization

PatientKeeper Delivers Convenient Access to Patient Information for More Than 300 Physicians, Residents, and Medical Students

DURHAM, NC and BOSTON, MA – September 21, 2004 /PRNewswire/ – Duke University Health System (DUHS) and PatientKeeper®, a leading provider of mobile computing solutions for healthcare, have announced the completion of the first phase of the DUHS mobile computing initiative. More than 300 physicians, residents, and medical and nursing students are using PatientKeeper Clinical Results™ for instant wireless access to essential patient information.

"From day one, this has been an initiative that both embraced the realities of today and the possibilities of the future for mobile computing," said Asif Ahmad, vice president and chief information officer, Duke University Health System. "PatientKeeper has proven to be flexible enough to give us the functionality we need today as well as room to grow for whatever capabilities we choose to add in the future."

"We have taken a rapid and highly focused approach to our deployment strategy for PatientKeeper," said Paul Debien, director for mobile computing at Duke Health Technology Solutions (DHTS). "The initial deployment of PatientKeeper has been focused on residents and medical students, as well as selected faculty from departments such as medicine and surgery."

DUHS is a very sophisticated user of mobile computing and is developing a wide array of mobile applications for their physicians. The PatientKeeper Platform™ has now become an integral component of DUHS' next generation mobile offering and serves to bridge Duke's diverse information environments, which currently includes MEDITECH, Siemens, as well as the core DUHS/DUH information system. The result is convenient and uniform access to information for the clinician from anywhere in the entire health system, regardless of setting or information environment.

Ease of Use, Intuitive Interface Made Training Fast and Simple "I'm impressed with our first offering of PatientKeeper Clinical Results and how easy it was to initially train our physicians," said Dr. Michael Russell, associate CIO for clinical affairs. "Our approach has been to spend 15 to 20 minutes training each user group on the basics of the clinical application modules. We have received only a few requests for additional training. Physicians become proficient quickly."

Through its Health System, Duke provides clinical services in convenient locations throughout the surrounding region. Future deployments of PatientKeeper will be used across the organization.

"This has been an ideal partnership for PatientKeeper," said Paul W. Brient, PatientKeeper president and CEO. "The physicians at Duke have a very clear vision and plan for the future and together, we were able to build what we believe to be a model installation for mobile computing in any healthcare environment."

The PatientKeeper Platform connects mobile devices with existing hospital information systems. Featuring an open architecture, it supports a broad and growing portfolio of mobile applications, including PatientKeeper Clinical Results™, PatientKeeper Charge Capture™, PatientKeeper Mobile Dictation™, PatientKeeper ePrescription™ (Powered by DrFirst), PatientKeeper Reference Library™, and more.

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About PatientKeeper

PatientKeeper®, Inc. provides healthcare professionals with mobile computing solutions that deliver clinical and financial benefits. The PatientKeeper Platform™ easily integrates with existing information systems. PatientKeeper and its partners have created a portfolio of applications that allow doctors to interactively manage patient information, view clinical results, enter charges, dictate notes, write prescriptions, and more. For more information, visit www.patientkeeper.com or call 617-987-0300.

About Duke University Health System

Duke University Health System is a non-profit, fully integrated academic health care system dedicated to providing outstanding patient care, educating tomorrow's health care leaders, and discovering new and better ways to treat disease through biomedical research.

The hub of the Health System – Duke University Medical Center, in Durham, North Carolina ™ is consistently rated among the top hospitals in the country by U.S. News & World Report. The youngest of the nation's leading medical centers, Duke University Medical Center operates one of the country's largest clinical and biomedical research enterprises, and quickly translates advances in technology and medical knowledge into improved patient care. It is the leading medical center in the Southeast, with a medical school ranked among the top three in the nation.

Included in the Health System are three hospitals (Duke Hospital, Durham Regional Hospital, and Duke Health Raleigh Hospital), ambulatory surgery centers, primary and specialty care clinics, home care, hospice, skilled nursing care, wellness centers, and community-based clinical partnerships.