LOS ANGELES, March 15, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Dr. Anthony C. Dike, chairman and CEO of InterCare DX Inc. (OTCBB:ICCO), announced today that InterCare has entered into a joint product marketing agreement with Excel Medical Electronics Inc. (Excel Medical), a medical engineering company located north of West Palm Beach, Fla.
The purpose of this agreement is to integrate Excel Medical Electronics' technologies, which include BedMaster and Cardiac CathCenter Modules, into ICE(TM) Medical Information System, as well as promoting the sale of their products and services and supporting the pursuit of mutually advantageous business opportunities.
To this end, Intercare is proud to announce that it has successfully integrated BedMaster and Cardiac CathCenter, both products of Excel Medical, into InterCare's ICE(TM) software.
The BedMaster system uses an open architecture to acquire vital signs, alarm and wave form data from any patient monitoring device on the GE Patient Monitoring Unity Network. This feature allows researchers and clinicians access to patient data in an easy-to-use spreadsheet format along with access to binary data and printed reports. By interfacing with ICE(TM) software, clinical data can now be linked to electro-physiological data, thus providing complete and detailed linked patient data for archiving and research purposes in a real-time fashion.
The CathCenter Hemodynamic Interface provides a network interface between third party hemodynamic cardiac catheterization devices, such as GE/Marquette MacLab and Health Level Seven (HL7) devices. The application resides on a CathCenter server, which has bi-directional application software to directly interface to HL7 devices thereby controlling the export and import of patient hemodynamic data. The interface allows the cardiologist to review cardiac catheterization hemodynamic data over the hospital intranet.
"We have great confidence in the talents and synergies presented by this strategic relationship with Excel Medical, whose innovative technology and experience in product design for cardiology and vascular-equipments, together with their knowledge of hospital data enterprise, positions them to be a leader in the development of embedded hemodynamic interfaces for the cardiology and critical care medicine," Dike said.
"We are proud to be associated with InterCare DX in further enhancing the ICE(TM) Electronic Health Record System by interfacing the BedMaster and Cardiac CathCenter Interface into ICE(TM)," John Hoffman, president and CEO of Excel Medical Electronics Inc., said. "One of the dilemmas researchers and clinicians have is the ability to easily collect vital signs data from patients in a networked patient monitoring environment, since access to these data often requires time-consuming manual record keeping using vendor-supplied patient monitoring software. The integration of BedMaster and Cardiac CathCenter embedded software into ICE(TM) software now eliminates all these problems."
About Excel-Medical Electronics Inc.
Excel-Medical Electronics Inc. is a privately held medical engineering company with extensive experience in product design for the cardiology and vascular equipment industry. The company is located in Jupiter, Fla. The company's mission is to provide innovative and cost effective products to the medical community. More information is available at www.excel-medical.com
About InterCare DX Inc.
InterCare DX Inc. is an innovative software products development and services company, specializing in developing healthcare management and information systems solutions. The company markets and resells the InterCare Clinical Explorer(TM) (ICE), which is designed to integrate every aspect of the healthcare enterprise. Additional information is available at www.intercare.com.
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