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CHARLOTTE, NC and WINSTON-SALEM, NC--(Marketwire - July 14, 2009) - [ Patient Care Technology Systems ] (PCTS), a subsidiary of Consulier Engineering, Inc. (
WFUBMC, one of the nation's preeminent academic medical centers, is an integrated health care system that operates 1,056 acute care, rehabilitation, long-term, and psychiatric care beds, outpatient services, and community health and information centers. The Medical Center has 22 subsidiary or affiliate hospitals and operates more than 100 outreach activities throughout the Winston-Salem region. In 2008, WFUBMC was recognized as one of the nation's "Most Wired" hospitals.
The first segment of the enterprise-wide asset management installation will include monitoring the temperature of patient medications and tracking IV pumps at North Carolina Baptist Hospital, WFUBMC's primary clinical facility. Additionally, all stretchers and wheel chairs will be tagged supporting the WFUBMC's patient transport process Six-Sigma team. Future stages under consideration include real-time patient flow management for emergency, surgery and radiology departments.
The Amelior Tracker solution is part of the Amelior Enterprise Visibility Suite™ which comprises department to facility-wide software solutions and services designed to more efficiently and safely orchestrate patient care through the real-time visualization of patient flow. Hospitals can scale their implementations by the entities they wish to track (movable medical equipment, patients, staff), purpose (asset management, patient flow, infection control) and by the scope of hospital workflow (acute care, inpatient floors, outpatient services, enterprise-wide).
The web-based Amelior tracking software visualizes workflow by automatically identifying the location of people and equipment and the care progression of patients. Location information is generated by integrating with a facility's choice of RTLS. The PCTS software is compatible across all locating technologies and the company assists clients in selecting the optimal RTLS for their workflow needs. Workflow algorithms within the software interpret the meaning of location, movement and interactions between patients, staff and equipment to alert caregivers to patient care milestones as they occur. Additional interfaces to hospital and department information systems and communication devices create a centralized workflow communication and management portal that eliminates the need for manual updates and delays caused by a lack of information.
At WFUBMC, PCTS will implement a hybrid RTLS network from business partner CenTrak, with whom PCTS announced a strategic marketing agreement earlier this year. CenTrak's InTouchCare™ differs from legacy technologies in its combined use of a patented new generation of infrared (Gen2IR) and RFID. CenTrak's battery powered monitors (over five years of battery life) transmit a unique room number using Gen2IR, which is received by any tag in that room. The tag communicates the room number and its own unique ID via RF to the InTouchCare Location Server using a hospital's existing wired or Wi-Fi network, where it can be accessed in real-time by hospital personnel. Like light, Gen2IR will not pass through walls and it does not suffer from traditional infrared line-of-sight limitations.
"After a comprehensive, multi-year RTLS marketplace review, we chose Patient Care Technology Systems because of their proven experience in implementing scalable, workflow-intelligent solutions that can meet our demanding current and future needs," said Tony Marra CHFM, director of facility services at WFUBMC. "Their ability to integrate the right locating technology with software that can be tailored to manage diverse workflows at the significant scale that we plan to automate, made PCTS with CenTrak the only choice for our health system."
"We are extremely pleased to welcome Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center as the newest member of our growing family of health care facilities," said Tony Marsico, president and CEO of PCTS. "Real-time location enabled workflow automation offers tremendous cost savings and revenue potential to hospitals seeking to improve resource utilization and improve the efficiency of key service lines. WFUBMC's workflow automation vision is one of the most significant examples to date of the healthcare marketplace's recognition of the potential scope that is possible."
About Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center ([ www.wfubmc.edu ]) is an academic health system comprised of North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Brenner Children's Hospital, Wake Forest University Physicians, and Wake Forest University Health Sciences, which operates the university's School of Medicine and Piedmont Triad Research Park. The system comprises 1,056 acute care, rehabilitation and long-term care beds and has been ranked as one of "America's Best Hospitals" by U.S. News & World Report since 1993. Wake Forest Baptist is ranked 32nd in the nation by America's Top Doctors for the number of its doctors considered best by their peers. The institution ranks in the top third in funding by the National Institutes of Health and fourth in the Southeast in revenues from its licensed intellectual property.
About ARAMARK Healthcare
ARAMARK Healthcare is a leader in providing best-in-class non-clinical services that are essential to healthcare delivery. Understanding that clinical excellence and the environment are interdependent, ARAMARK Healthcare directly impacts the entire healthcare continuum -- patient, employee, nurse and physician satisfaction, operational efficiency and service excellence. Through its facilities, food and clinical technology services, ARAMARK Healthcare helps more than 1,000 hospitals and senior living facilities deliver the optimal experience for patients and residents, their families, and the physicians, nurses and staff who care for them. For more information visit [ www.aramarkhealthcare.com ].
About CenTrak
CenTrak is a leading provider of precise, adaptable, and cost-effective tracking infrastructure for healthcare facilities. The patented InTouchCare™ RTLS infrastructure uniquely combines Gen2IR and active RFID technologies to deliver certainty-based or error free data, a requirement for workflow and other important applications. As the only predominantly battery-powered RTLS technology, CenTrak offers a simple and cost effective installation unattainable with legacy solutions. InTouchCare™ is currently operating in millions of square feet at dozens of world-class healthcare sites in the United States. For more information about CenTrak, please visit [ www.centrak.com ].
About Patient Care Technology Systems
Patient Care Technology Systems, a subsidiary of Consulier Engineering, Inc. (
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of federal securities laws. PCTS and CSLR caution you that any statements contained in this press release which are not strictly historical statements constitute forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those related to PCTS's and CSLR's expectations regarding continued business growth. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements, (copies of which may be obtained at the SEC's website at: [ http://www.sec.gov ]) -- could impact the forward-looking statements contained in this press release. Readers should not place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made. PCTS and CSLR disclaim any obligation to publicly update or revise any such statements to reflect any change in PCTS and CSLR's expectations, or in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statements may be based, or that may affect the likelihood that actual results will differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements.
