Verification System helps eliminate surgical errors.February 26, 2008 -
Utilizing RFID technology, wireless SurgiChip(TM) identifies and documents that surgical team performs proper procedure on correct patient at right surgical site prior to start of procedure. System provides electronic audit trail to verify compliance with Joint Commission's Universal Protocol® and is HIPAA compliant, using encryption algorithms to secure patient data at all times. SurgiChip(TM) uses existing WLAN infrastructure to bridge communication gap with all members of surgical team.
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Original Press release
InfoLogix, Inc.
101 E. County Line Rd.
Hatboro, PA, 19040
USA
InfoLogix to Launch SurgiChip(TM) - A Complete Real-Time Wireless Verification System to Help Hospitals Eliminate Surgical Errors
HATBORO, Pa., Feb. 21 /-- InfoLogix, Inc. (NASDAQ:IFLG), a leading technology provider of enterprise mobility solutions for the healthcare and commercial industries, announced today that it will launch SurgiChip(TM) -- a real-time wireless solution designed to address leading causes of surgical identity and procedure mistakes in hospitals, at the 2008 HIMSS annual conference and exhibition on February 24-28, 2008 in Orlando, Florida.
SurgiChip(TM) is a complete verification system using RFID technology in an automated, controlled process to accurately identify and document that a surgical team performs the proper procedure on the correct patient at the right surgical site prior to the start of a procedure.
Designed to directly address patient safety goals, SurgiChip(TM) provides an electronic audit trail to verify compliance with the Joint Commission's Universal Protocol(R) and is HIPAA compliant, using advanced encryption algorithms to secure patient data at all times.
"The repercussions from surgical identity errors are serious for both the patient and healthcare institution," says David Gulian, President and CEO of InfoLogix. "In Pennsylvania alone, more than 170 'wrong site' surgical errors and 250 'close calls' were documented over a recent 30 months period. In New York, a patient who had surgery on the incorrect knee recently settled with the hospital which committed the error for $450,000, and in Rhode Island, a hospital was fined $50,000 for a 'wrong site' surgery. With SurgiChip(TM) we are aiming to empower hospitals with a real-time system that helps eliminate patient identity errors such as these."
SurgiChip(TM) provides electronic verification of comprehensive patient, surgical site and procedural data both in pre-op and in the operating room. As part of InfoLogix's enterprise mobility software suite for the healthcare industry, SurgiChip(TM) offers real time connectivity utilizing existing WLAN infrastructure to bridge the communication gap with all members of the surgical team -- a common challenge in operating room environments today.
InfoLogix will publicly launch and demonstrate SurgiChip(TM) at the 2008 HIMSS Conference and Exhibition, booth #3321, on February 24-28, 2008 in Orlando, Florida. More information is available by visiting InfoLogix on the web at www.infologix.com or by calling 215-604-0691.
About InfoLogix, Inc.
InfoLogix is a leading provider of technology and RFID based intelligence solutions that enable the mobile enterprise. InfoLogix uses the industry's most advanced technologies to increase the efficiency, accuracy, and transparency of complex business and clinical processes for the healthcare industry and the commercial marketplace. With 19 issued patents, InfoLogix provides mobile managed solutions, on-demand software applications, mobile infrastructure products, and strategic consulting services to over 2,000 clients in North America including Kraft Foods, Merck and Company, General Electric, News America Corporation, Mercedes Benz, Kaiser Permanente, Adventist Health, Universal Health Services, MultiCare Health System, University of California San Francisco, Swedish Medical Center, and Stanford School of Medicine. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in suburban Philadelphia, PA, InfoLogix has been named the sixth fastest growing new business in the United States for the last three years by Entrepreneur Magazine. InfoLogix is a publicly-traded company (NASDAQ:IFLG). For more information, visit www.infologix.com.
CONTACT: Jason Fradin, Vice President of Marketing of InfoLogix, Inc., +1-215-604-0691 x1194
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