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Sensitron Inc. Awards UK Distribution Rights for The Medical
System careTrends™ Wireless Bridge to Sensitron (UK) Ltd.
Partnership Marks First International Market Entry
SAN MATEO, Calif, – August 26, 2004 – Sensitron, Inc., a wireless healthcare innovations company, awarded UK distribution rights for its careTrends™ Wireless Bridge to Sensitron (UK) Ltd., for upfront license fees and equity share in that organization. This partnership allows Sensitron Inc. to offer its services in the UK and creates a gateway into the European markets. The careTrends™ system makes it easier to move vital signs and other clinical data into clinical information systems—a feature that could benefit the National Health Service’s (NHS) implementation of its electronic medical records (EMR) systems. Rajiv Jaluria, the CEO and President of Sensitron Inc., stated, “Sensitron is pleased to have an agreement with a channel partner with knowledge of local infrastructure and logistics. We are now able to enter those market segments in the UK and European markets that are not part of the present US focus.”
The Efficient and Practical Software
Sensitron’s careTrends™ Wireless Bridge enables a wide array of vital signs’ and other clinical data to be wirelessly transmitted, via secure encryption, to a server based electronic patient record of choice. Potential errors are reduced in data transmission by dating and timing all data while creating an effective audit trail. The system directly links point-of-care devices with clinical information systems, thus reducing time, clinical risk and allowing clinicians to maintain a higher standard of clinical care. The careTrends™ system can support a large variety of applications for Hospitals and Clinics, Nursing and Long Term Care Homes, Homecare and Assisted Living, Occupational Health, Insurance Screening, and Correctional Facilities and Detention Centers.
Fulfills Healthcare Providers’ Demands
The careTrends™ System offers many advantages to address healthcare providers’ myriad needs, which include immediate access to information and a reduction in paperwork. Additional features include the wireless transmission of vital sign and other medical data, the transmission of data in real time via WLAN, WAN infrastructures, graphical data presentation, electronically organizing data population, integrating with any existing database system, communicating with any digital based monitoring device and the ability to link with multiple assessment tools. The data and trends can be presented intra-hospital, inter-hospital, at a clinician’s office, or via any web based PDA or telephone.
Uses The Latest Technology
The careTrends™ Wireless Bridge System uses a combination of wireless Bluetooth and 802.11b communications protocols to send data from any point-of-care medical device to any existing server based electronic patient record. A Bluetooth and 802.11b wireless enabled tablet PC or other similar windows based interface facilitates the data communications, allowing the caregiver to automatically transmit the vital signs data and relevant patient information, and view current and historical data. The enterprise software in the server collects the readings and records results according to parameters set by the clinician before presenting data to caregivers. The system is modular enough to accommodate multiple hospital facilities with data communication customized per patient. By combining vital signs information with other related clinical patient records, the clinician is armed with a complete view of the patient’s status, enabling him or her to make a better assessment of the patient’s overall health.
About Sensitron (UK), Ltd.
Sensitron (UK), Ltd. is a UK-based company that offers medical software solutions to the UK, Irish, and European healthcare markets. Sensitron (UK) mainly focuses on hospitals and clinics, nursing and care homes, and homecare and assisted living, among other sectors. The management team brings over 40 years of healthcare experience, along with dexterity in healthcare consultancy, strategic redesign, and financial management. For further information, visit http://www.sensitron.co.uk
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