Care Fusion merges GE Healthcare’s DINAMAP vital signs monitors with EMR

McLean, VA, Feb. 11, 2005 -- (MobileVillage) -- Care Fusion announced today that it has adapted its wCareAssist wireless technology to communicate with GE Healthcare's DINAMAP Pro 100-400 series of vital signs monitors.

The new application is on display at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society's (HIMSS) conference being held at the Dallas Convention Center in Dallas, TX February 14–17.

Vital sign recordings traditionally require manually entering the patient information several times on to paper charts before finally adding them into the Electronic Medical Record (EMR). Using wCareAssist with DINAMAP monitors requires fewer steps, allowing clinicians to transfer the patient data into an EMR and without moving an entire workstation to the patient's bedside. The application uses barcode technology to verify patient identification information.

wCareAssist runs on a handheld PDA device that has an integrated infrared interface with the DINAMAP. The clinician simply aligns the infrared ports, taps a button and the patient vital signs are downloaded from the DINAMAP ProSeries monitor to wCareAssist without manual transcription.

Once the vital signs have been transmitted, wCareAssist provides clinicians the option to document detailed information related to the vital sign entry such as blood pressure location, patient position, body site of where pulse rate was taken, pulse oximeter readings, respiration descriptors and temperature details. When the clinician is finished documenting, the information is reviewed, confirmed and saved to the patient EMR.

An optional module for entry of Intake and Outputs is also available with wCareAssist. Care Fusion also offers wireless, mobile, barcode solutions for medication administration, specimen collection, blood transfusion verification and point of care billing. All applications are modular and available on a single PDA device.

For quick information on wCareAssist and Care Fusion, see the company's summary page on MobileVillage.

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