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Christiana Care's Emergency and Trauma Services Director to Present Results of Passive Tracking System Implementation at National Trauma Management Conference

Posted on: Wednesday, 19 October 2005, 09:01 CDT

Patient Care Technology Systems (PCTS) announced today that Linda Laskowski Jones, RN, MSN, of Christiana Care in Wilmington, Del., will be presenting the results of her department's implementation of the company's infrared/RFID passive tracking system to improve emergency readiness and department performance. Jones is director of trauma, emergency and aeromedical services at Christiana Hospital, a level 1 trauma center which treats over 92,000 patients each year and is a regional center for emergency medical response. Jones will be addressing attendees of the National Foundation for Trauma Care's annual Trauma Center Management Conference when they meet in San Diego on Oct. 20-22, 2005.

"Trauma centers historically have lacked information technologies to specifically enhance patient flow and communication between caregivers, patients and their families," said Jones. "We have found that a passive tracking system which eliminates manual or active updating by staff provides accurate and complete information on patient location and care progression, and frees staff to dedicate more time to care giving."

Passive tracking utilizes locating technologies such as infrared and radio frequency signals which are emitted from badges worn by patients to identify their location as they move throughout a department. This technology can also be applied to monitor medical equipment location. PCTS has developed software that integrates rules-based intelligence to provide information on the patient's progression of care by interpreting interactions between patients and designated caregivers and the status of laboratory and radiology results into patient milestones. The time-stamping of all patient milestones provides extensive data to departments to further analyze patient flow. The passive tracking system is also able to be integrated with an electronic charting system. PCTS is the leading provider of passive patient and asset tracking in U.S. emergency departments.

About Christiana Care

Christiana Care Health System is one of the largest health care providers in the mid-Atlantic region, serving all of Delaware and portions of Maryland, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Christiana Care operates two hospitals, Christiana Hospital, a 780-bed hospital and a level 1 trauma center located in Newark, Del., and Wilmington Hospital, a 291-bed hospital in Wilmington. Christiana Care is a regional leader in cardiology, cancer and women's health. In addition, the system has transitional care services, preventive medicine, a network of primary care physician offices and an extensive range of outpatient and home health services. For more information, please visit www.christianacare.org.

About the Trauma Center Management Conference

The Trauma Management Conference is an annual meeting of members and guests of the National Foundation for Trauma Care, a non-profit organization whose mission is to secure the economic viability of America's trauma centers and foster the development of a national system of trauma care so that access to excellent care for the seriously injured is assured. For more information, please visit www.traumafoundation.org.

About Patient Care Technology Systems

Patient Care Technology Systems, a subsidiary of Consulier Engineering Inc. (NASDAQ:CSLR), is dedicated to becoming the leading provider of patient safety solutions in the high-acuity segments of healthcare. Anchored by their flagship solutions, Amelior ED(TM) patient care system, a comprehensive ED information system with integrated clinical decision support, and Amelior EDTracker(TM) passive tracking, the most implemented passive tracking software in U.S. emergency departments, PCTS provides a family of integrated and intelligent solutions designed to reduce medical errors and improve the operating performance of high-acuity departments. For more information about PCTS, visit www.pcts.com.

Source: Business Wire

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