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Providence Heart and Vascular Institute Selects Patient Care Technology Systems' Tracking Software

Posted on: Friday, 22 February 2008, 09:01 CST

Patient Care Technology Systems (PCTS), a subsidiary of Consulier Engineering (Nasdaq:CSLR), today announced that Providence Heart and Vascular Institute, part of Providence Health & Services -- Oregon Region, has selected the company's Amelior ORTracker® software to improve the efficiency of its invasive cardiology units. Providence has been utilizing the company's tracking software in the surgical services departments of Providence St. Vincent Medical Center and Providence Portland Medical Center since 2003. Recently Providence St. Vincent selected PCTS to automatically track patients and assets in the Radiology department. PCTS will be exhibiting its department-specific and enterprise-wide tracking solutions at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual conference in Orlando, Florida on February 25-28 in booth 2221.

Headed by internationally renowned cardiac surgeon Albert Starr, M.D., Providence Heart and Vascular Institute is the largest provider of cardiac services in the Pacific Northwest and is one of the nation's premier cardiac centers. Each year at the institute, more than 13,000 patients benefit from the latest advances in diagnosis, treatment and cardiac surgery. Through clinical research trials, patients here also have access to many new therapies before they become widely available.

The automatic patient and asset tracking software communicates the real-time location of personnel and equipment by integrating with a real-time location system (RTLS). Wireless personnel and equipment badges communicate their real-time location using ultrasound, infrared or radio frequency signals to a network of receivers positioned throughout the department. The RTLS sends the location information to the Amelior ORTracker software which presents the information to busy caregivers without any manual data entry required. Workflow intelligence within the software measures location, movement and interactions between staff, patient and mobile equipment to recognize patient care milestones as they occur. Staff utilizes the software as a centralized workflow portal through which they communicate alerts and identify roadblocks to patient care progression. This helps staff to anticipate and manage their workflows more efficiently by reducing delays caused by a lack of information.

"We are very pleased to be expanding the scope of our workflow automation support at Providence St. Vincent," said Tony Marsico, CEO of PCTS. "Our automatic tracking software can be configured to meet the specific workflow needs of individual departments throughout a facility enabling hospitals to expand workflow automation wherever it best meets their needs."

PCTS pioneered the use of real-time locating systems to automatically track patients and assets in emergency departments and today provides purpose-built solutions for surgical services, outpatient services as well as enterprise-wide needs. Department-specific process rules recognize and timestamp patient care milestones based on the measurement of location, movement and interactions between patients, staff and mobile medical equipment. PCTS tracking solutions have supported over three million high acuity patient encounters at leading hospitals nationwide.

About Providence St. Vincent Medical Center

Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, Providence Health & Services' largest Oregon hospital, is renowned for its many centers of excellence, including Providence Heart and Vascular Institute, Oregon Medical Laser Center, Providence Multiple Sclerosis Center, Providence Stroke Center and Providence Center For Health Care Ethics, among others. Its maternity services are highly regarded throughout Oregon, with about 1 in 8 babies born each year at Providence St. Vincent, more than any other medical facility in the state. For more information, visit www.providence.org/oregon.

About Patient Care Technology Systems

Patient Care Technology Systems, a subsidiary of Consulier Engineering, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSLR), supports health care providers with intelligent workflow automation solutions to improve patient flow and to reduce the risk of medical errors. The company's Amelior™ software suite includes Amelior ED™, a comprehensive emergency department information system, and automatic patient and asset tracking software for the emergency department, perioperative suite, and enterprise-wide needs. Amelior automatic tracking software is compatible with most leading locating hardware including ultrasound, infrared, RFID, ultra-wideband, and Wi-Fi. PCTS customers have been recognized nationally for improvements in efficiency and clinical excellence. PCTS was recognized with the prestigious Blue Diamond Award for Best IT Innovation in 2007. For more information, visit www.pcts.com.

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.

Source: Business Wire

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