PHYSIX Unveils PocketChart for Windows CE; Informatics Tool Empowers Health Care Professionals to Improve Patient Care
LAS VEGAS — November 18, 1996 — PHYSIX(TM) Inc., a worldwide leader in point of care solutions for the health care industry, introduces the newest member of its award-winning product family, PocketChart for Microsoft(R) Windows(R) CE — a full-featured handheld electronic medical record and clinical information system. PocketChart for Windows CE is the only medical software application designed and optimized exclusively for the new CE operating system platform for handheld PCs from Microsoft Corp.
"By combining the new platform for handheld computers with PocketChart, a proven electronic medical record, physicians and providers can enjoy the productivity of the desktop from any location or setting within the health care continuum," says Dr. Thomas Giannulli, founder and president of PHYSIX. "The ability to capture and access clinical information at the point of care will be the key to increasing the quality of care and lowering costs. PocketChart on the Windows CE platform provides this needed technology."
"Microsoft applauds the introduction of PocketChart for Windows CE," says Jon Magill, director of marketing, consumer appliances group at Microsoft.
"PHYSIX shares our product development vision in offering practical communication, information sharing and productivity to many types of users across a diverse spectrum of devices. The company's plans to release PocketChart will help expand the new category for handheld PCs to the health care industry."
"Today, Compaq (NYSE: CPQ) announced the Compaq PC companion, designed for users who have a desk-top or notebook PC and are looking for a mobile extension of their Windows-based PC in order to easily access and organize information wherever they may be," said Ed Olkkola, vice president, communications products, Compaq Computer Corporation. "The combination of the Compaq PC companion, Microsoft Windows CE and PHYSIX PocketCbart, will enable the enterprise health system to place critical information electronically in the hands of the health care provider during the patient visit."
Developed with an intuitive graphical user interface, providers can conduct their regular work activities easily with PocketChart — from collecting vital patient data and accessing medical information at the point of care, to prescribing medication and discharging patients or processing billing records.
The PocketChart solution consistently increases productivity, reduces costs and improves overall patient care through capabilities including:
— Patient List — Database of patient names and demographic information;
— Chart Notes — Full point-and-click menus with a clinical knowledge base of more than 250 custom templates covering 5,000 diseases;
— Lab Browser — To-do organizer with lists for each patient and
department;
— Online ICD-9/CPT Billing Codes;
— Automated prescription writing and dosage checking via integrated drug reference; and
— Digital Books.
PocketChart for Windows CE will be available immediately after COMDEX at the suggested retail price of $699 for the stand-alone version.
PHYSIX's first application for handheld computers, PocketDoc, was introduced in 1995 and already enjoys the largest installed base of handheld electronic medical record users in the industry.
Based in Houston, PHYSIX Inc. is the market leader in medical software for mobile pen-based computers. Founded in 1994, this rapidly expanding new health care technology company develops and markets software solutions for managing patient information at the point of care.
For more information on PocketChart, contact PHYSIX Inc. at Two Greenway Plaza Suite 610 Houston, TX 77046; voice 713-797-1199; fax 713-794-0855; internet: [email protected]; or visit the company's Home page at http://www.physix.com.
PocketChart and PHYSIX are trademarks of PHYSIX Inc. Microsoft and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and/or other countries. Compaq, Registered U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
SOURCE: PHYSIX, Inc.
CONTACT:
John Oleson, SVP of PHYSIX Inc., 800-749-2585, e-mail: [email protected], Microsoft Partner Pavillion: #G-5;
or
Michelle Herskowitz, Agency, 713-297-9595, e-mail: [email protected]