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May 30, 2006Standards, costs keep docs from digital ageWhile many large U.S. hospitals and academic centers have made the switch [to digital records], just 11 percent of practices with 10 or fewer doctors — the vast majority of the U.S. physician network — are fully digital, according to the journal Health Affairs.
 May 24, 2006Leveraging Wireless and Handheld Device Technologies in HealthcareThe LBJ School of Public Affairs has issued an analysis of how mobile devices are changing the way healthcare is delivered. From the paper titled Leveraging Wireless and Handheld Device Technologies in Healthcare:
May 23, 2006Global Care Quest to Provide Mobile Patient Information Access to Century City Doctors HospitalCompany will give critical care physicians access to patient’s vitals , X-Rays and more via smartphones, PDAs and mobile devicesALISO VIEJO, Calif.- Advanced medical information systems developer, Global Care Quest, Inc. (GCQ) today announced it has entered into an agreement with Los Angeles-based Century City Doctors Hospital to integrate the facility’s critical care medical systems and make the information available to physicians via smartphones, PDAs and other mobile devices. Under the agreement GCQ will build its mobile Integrated Clinical Information System (ICIS Mobile) into the hospital’s IT structure to allow doctors in the Intensive Care Unit, OR, and Emergency Department to review patient data on handhelds and smartphones over wireless networks and high speed mobile phone systems. In the first phase physicians will have mobile access to patient X-Rays and CT-scans as well as realtime vital signs from bedside monitoring equipment. Long term, GCQ will enable the doctors to access all of their patient information systems via handheld devices. The ICIS mobile system will be piloted initially by 10 Century City physicians and eventually extended to as many as 150 doctors at the facility. In December of 2005 GCQ completed a more extensive pilot at UCLA Medical Center where the company provided mobile and desktop access to a broad range of critical care patient information including labs, rounding notes and nurse charting systems, as well as X-Rays, CT Scans and realtime vitals. More than 1,000 physicians at UCLA worked with ICIS during that program. About Global Care Quest ###
May 22, 2006Global Care Quest Closes Series A FinancingNew funding led by Lexington Ventures will give healthcare systems developer more staffing; faster product development and deploymentALISO VIEJO, Calif. Global Care Quest, Inc. (GCQ), developer of leading edge healthcare information systems that deliver patient data to mobile and wireless devices, today announced the closing of a Series A round of venture financing. The company will use the money to increase staffing, expand its sales and marketing, and accelerate new product development and deployment. The $5 million investment was led by Lexington Venture, LLC, a leading early-stage venture firm based in Beverly Hills, California and comes slightly more than three months after GCQ named high tech industry veteran Cleve Adams as CEO. “Smartphones, mobile handsets and pocket PCs are moving out of the early adopter phase and into mainstream use among physicians,” said Cleve Adams, CEO of Global Care Quest. As a result we’re facing unprecedented demand for systems that can provide doctors with patient information no matter if the doctor is in the hospital, the office or the car. This funding will allow us to grow our corporate infrastructure and deploy our systems in more hospitals at a much faster rate. Along with the securing of the Series A round of financing, GCQ also announced the move of its corporate headquarters from Beverly Hills to new facilities in Aliso Viejo, California. About Lexington Venture, LLC About Global Care Quest ###
May 19, 2006Global Care Quest Appears on CNN Headline News
(Windows Media .wmv Format) May 9, 2006Global Care Quest Named Company to Watch in 2006?Advanced healthcare information systems developer makes Hospital & Health Networks Magazines’ hot company listALISO VIEJO, Calif.Advanced healthcare information systems developer Global Care Quest, Inc. (GCQ) has been named a Company to Watch in 2006? by Hospital & Health Networks magazine. GCQ received the honor for its mobile Integrated Clinical Information System (ICIS Mobile) which allows physicians access to a wide range of patient data such as clinical notes, X-Rays, CT scans and realtime telemetry from bedside monitoring equipment over high speed wireless and mobile phone networks. eing placed on the Companies To Watch list is an acknowledgement that doctors are mobile professionals and applications like our ICIS Mobile have very compelling uses, said Cleve Adams, Global Care Quest’s CEO. When a physician is 45 minutes from the hospital being able to use a smartphone or PDA to see the patient’s medical information, X-Rays and realtime vitals as if he were standing bedside can be the difference between life and death. It’s not an overstatement to say that GCQ is revolutionizing healthcare delivery, and I think Hospital & Health Networks recognizes that. In deciding who to place on their annual Company to Watch list, editors from Hospital & Health Networks reviewed more than 800 healthcare vendors at the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) meeting held in San Diego in February, 2006. After interviewing dozens of companies, the publication finally chose 16 whose products and services were deemed to be the most ground-breaking and innovative. For GCQ making the list is especially significant. In December of 2005 the company completed a highly successful pilot of the product at UCLA Medical Center, registering more than 1,000 physicians as users slightly more than nine months. HIMSS was the company’s first trade show and marked the commercial debut of ICIS. It’s a lot like being a rookie your first time at bat, Adams said. You think you’re good, but until you start playing with some seasoned pros, you really don’t know how good. GCQ being recognized by publication like Hospital & Health Networks as a hot company is like hitting one out of the park. Hospital & Health Networks is published by Health Forum, Inc. an American Hospital Association information company. The full list of Companies to Watch in 2006 is available on Hospital & Health Networks website at http://www.hhnmag.com/hhnmag/html/2006Companies_to_Watch.html. About Global Care Quest ###
May 8, 2006World Healthcare Innovation and Technology ConferenceWhen & Where: Event Overview: (from event website) For more information and registration: May 5, 2006GCQ makes the “Companies to Watch in 2006″ list
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Out of the more than 800 healthcare companies evaluated, the American Hospital Association chose slightly more than a dozen–including Global Care Quest–as “Companies to Watch in 2006″.