mTuitive Software and Mentat Systems announce partnership
mTuitive’s technology combined with Mentat’s medical management expertise ensures compliance with clinical protocols for emergency services.
OSTERVILLE, MA (PRWEB) August 7, 2004 -- mTuitive, Inc., a leader in clinical
data entry and knowledge-based decision support, and Mentat Systems, Inc., a
leader in all aspects of emergency service clinical management, announced today
that they have partnered to develop and deliver structured protocols for
emergency medicine. The results of the combined effort provide clinicians an
easy to use format for executing and documenting clinical protocols in
compliance with governing standards of practice in emergency
medicine.
mTuitive, Inc. is the developer of the first mobile knowledge
delivery and structured data capture application optimized for use on the Tablet
PC. mTuitive partners with leading subject matter experts in the field of
clinical medicine who provide protocols for standards of care, best practices
and expert guidance. The mTuitive Authoring Environment enables its team of
knowledge engineers to import and extend the expertise provided by its partners
to rapidly develop knowledge based, decision support applications to force
compliance with best practices or standard protocols at the point of patient
treatment.
Under the terms of the partnership, Mentat will license the
mTuitive development suite to computerize and automate compliance with emergence
service protocols for triage and assessment of patients by both paramedics and
EMTs in the field and hospital staff in the emergency department. “The computer
is becoming as much a part of the practice of medicine as the stethoscope due to
the simple fact that it has a bigger and more reliable memory,” declared Dr.
Thomas when asked about the value of the relationship. The firms will share in
the future revenue stream and jointly market the product.
Mentat, founded
by Dr. Donald Thomas, one of the leading experts in the field of emergency
medicine, works closely with its clients, to effectively improve operational
efficiency while reducing overall costs. The most unique aspect of the ways that
Mentat approaches problems is based upon understanding and modification of the
interaction layers that dominate the relationships within healthcare
organizations. Without a thorough reworking of aberrations rooted in these
layers only cosmetic changes are initiated, making permanent solutions
impossible. Through years of experience Mentat has refined its DPI methodology,
which stands for Diagnosis, Prescription and Implementation. mTuitive will allow
Mentat to implement the Mentat solution quickly to ensure immediate
impact.
“We chose mTuitive because it is so easy for clinicians to use,
yet powerful enough to provide all of the information a clinician needs to make
decisions,” comments Dr. Donald Thomas, CEO of Mentat Systems. “We believe that
mTuitive has many uses for us to deliver clinical protocols and ensure the best
level of care possible for our client hospitals.”
Applications are custom
designed using mTuitive’s Authoring Environment™ technology, which enables the
rapid creation of unique, easy-to-use forms for any protocol. Each checklist is
imported into a user-friendly “decision tree” application, complete with data
validation and error checking tools, and accompanied by the guidance of
context-sensitive reference materials. This solution integrates with existing
medical information systems, improving data storage and reporting with higher
quality, real-time input. Additional benefits include the flexibility to apply
local modifications, distinguish between essential data elements and suggested
guidelines, and apply coding at the point of entry.
About mTuitive, Inc.:
Experts in medicine, human factors and healthcare software founded mTuitive.
The mTuitive mission is to bring the power of computers—quality assurance, labor
savings and knowledge access—to healthcare workers in a way that enhances,
rather than disrupts, their ability to provide quality care. For more
information, contact: John Murphy, mTuitive, Inc., 683 Main St., Osterville, MA
02655; Tel: 508-420-6500; Fax: 508-420-3258; E-mail: e-mail protected from spam
bots; http://www.mtuitive.com/.
About Mentat Systems,
Inc.:
Mentat was founded in 1991 to address medical management problems that
were rampant in the heath care industry at the time: Increased governmental
regulations, increased liability, more complex procedures and the public’s
increased disenchantment with perceived decreases in quality of care combined
into an unpleasantly unstable mess that administrators had to handle daily.
Mentat develops, renegotiates and rearranges structures and the relationships
that underlie conflicts and stresses that characterizes most modern healthcare
environments and/or practices through the three step process of Diagnosis,
Prescription and Implementation (DPI). For more information, contact: Donald
Thomas, M.D., Menat Systems, Inc., 2840 Alton Drive, St. Petersburg Beach, FL
33706; Tel: 727-363-3072; E-mail: e-mail protected from spam bots; www.mentatsystemsinc.com.
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