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Dateline Kingston, Ontario
May 18, 2005AdapCS Canada announces inaugural sale of novel waiting list technology
AdapCS Canada is pleased to announce the sale of Axcess.Rx™, its patient wait list management solution, to the Capital District Health Authority of Nova Scotia. The tool will be implemented for use in 66 surgical practices in the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, the largest Health Sciences Centre in Canada east of Montreal.
Axcess.Rx™ assists physicians in the preparation, prioritization, selection, and booking of patients while enabling administrative staff to streamline patient management processes, allocate and use time and resources more efficiently, and thus improve access to care. It also enables hospitals to meet government requirements for tracking and reporting of waiting times.
Axcess.Rx™ was conceived and developed by Dr. John Marshall, a long-time Kingston neurosurgeon and past Chief of Staff at Kingston General Hospital. AdapCS Canada markets Axcess.Rx™ and other software solutions and consulting services to the healthcare sector in Canada. Axcess.Rx™ was developed and piloted at Kingston General Hospital and has been successfully used at Kingston General and Hotel Dieu hospitals in Kingston, Ontario for more than three years.
"This technology gives us the opportunity to be national leaders in waiting list management," says Dr. Michael Dunbar, a surgeon and professor of orthopedics at Dalhousie University. "We see Axcess.Rx™ as a powerful solution for managing patient waiting times and hospital resources."
"This sale represents a significant percentage of the province’s surgical volume," says Dr. Marshall, President and CEO of AdapCS Canada. "Halifax has been a ground-breaker in understanding the challenges of waiting lists, and I am delighted that our technology will play an integral role in meeting those challenges."
The new software tool will be used by up to 300 people in the health centre, with full implementation expected to be completed by early July.
AdapCS Canada has been an early-phase corporate development partner of AdapCS, Inc. The two companies remain strategic and co-development partners.
AdapCS, Inc. is based in Marina, California and is a privately held healthcare technology company. AdapCS is dedicated to improving healthcare delivery through innovative technology. The company has a special interest in information technology and business development with an emphasis on facilitating the transition of academic research to practical applications in healthcare. AdapCS provides primary and consultative services in the areas of software development, corporate development, healthcare information technology and management. Additional information regarding AdapCS and its products and services can be found on their website at www.adapcs.com, or contact the corporate offices at (831) 582-9760.
