Design Clinicals To Double Revenue, Sites In 2009

Nov. 11, 2009 - PRLog -- SEATTLE, WA –Design Clinicals, a Seattle-based medical-software company, is on track to double revenue and product sites for fiscal year 2009, as hospitals select MedsTracker™ Enterprise Medication Reconciliation to automate medication reconciliation. MedsTracker is now live or in implementation mode at 18 sites throughout the U.S., from Seattle to New Jersey and south to Miami Beach, integrated with 15 different healthcare information technology systems.  Originally mandated by the Joint Commission for 2006 implementation, scoring for the medication reconciliation requirement has been postponed to 2011 to allow hospitals more time to find and implement a viable process or tool.

Hospitals around the nation continue to struggle with the issue of medication reconciliation. Implementing a process for medication reconciliation is a major Joint Commission Patient Safety Goal to help reduce medication errors, drug-drug and allergic reactions in the hospital setting. Able to seamlessly integrate with any existing hospital and clinic IT system, MedsTracker supports the emerging movement in healthcare towards open systems and regional information networks.

How MedsTracker Works
A major barrier to automating medication management is physician compliance—finding a product that is efficient, user-friendly and that physicians are willing to adopt into their workflow. MedsTracker was designed by physicians to think like a physician and intuitively support clinician workflow. MedsTracker clients report over 90 percent physician compliance. It is enterprise-ready, accessible for all clinicians involved in the medication reconciliation process throughout a healthcare system: physicians, nurses and pharmacists.

The software captures a detailed medication history for each patient—and can access retail pharmacy prescription history—to ensure accurate medication records. MedsTracker provides electronically generated safety checks and alerts for potential allergy and drug-drug interactions with any change in medication regimen. It can automatically send a prescription to a patient’s pharmacy of choice, and eliminates errors due to illegible handwriting. It helps ensure the highest standards of patient medication safety while enhancing patient education. At every clinic or hospital visit, patients receive printed lists and explanations of their medications, improving communication, understanding and compliance with prescriptions and potentially saving first responders critical time in emergency situations.

About Design Clinicals
Design Clinicals, Inc. is a healthcare information technology company dedicated to providing leading-edge tools to improve the delivery of patient care. Founded in 2005 by practicing physicians and hospital IT professionals, Design Clinicals offers innovative, intuitive software solutions that enhance communications, improve workflow, increase patient safety and ensure regulatory compliance. Products are highly adaptive, able to integrate with virtually any hospital information system, with proven, superior clinician adoption rates. For more information, visit http://www.DesignClinicals.com.