Jefferson Community Health Center Extends Patient Safety with IntelliDOT Bedside Medication Administration™

-BPOC Solution Integrates with McKesson Horizon Pharmacy-

SAN DIEGO, CA, September 22, 2008 – IntelliDOT Corporation, a leading provider of wireless, handheld barcode point-of-care (BPOC) solutions to hospitals, today announced that Jefferson Community Health Center, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Fairbury, NE has implemented IntelliDOT Bedside Medication Administration (IntelliDOT BMA™).

The IntelliDOT System integrates with Jefferson’s core McKesson Horizon pharmacy system. Orders entered into this McKesson system by Jefferson’s pharmacy staff are sent via HL7 to the IntelliDOT System and appear on the nurse’s IntelliDOT wireless handheld device. Data elements include: patient demographic and identification information, patient allergy information, order number, ordered medications, dose amounts, dose units, SIG codes, custom dose times, route, order start/stop times and order status. When the nurse responds to the IntelliDOT System’s prompts at bedside and enters medication administration information and follow-up documentation, the data is then sent to the IntelliDOT eMAR, which Jefferson uses as its legal patient medication administration record.

“The IntelliDOT System makes us more effective in catching potential problems before they reach the patient,” said Gary Mitchell, Director of Pharmacy, Jefferson Community Health Center. “As far as documentation, we’re doing in real time what we used to do retrospectively for years. That for me is one of the biggest changes we’ve seen as a result of adopting a barcode system.”

The workflow and patient safety benefits of the IntelliDOT System are also helping nurses at Jefferson be more efficient at the bedside and confident that they are administering the right medication to the right patient. “We’re no longer just taking for granted that a nurse is positively identifying the patient before giving a medication,” said Judy McGee, RN, Chief Nursing Executive, Jefferson Community Health Center. “Now we know for sure that our nurses are doing that every single time because the IntelliDOT System prompts them to scan the patient’s wristband.”

“IntelliDOT BMA is extending patient safety from the pharmacy to the patient’s bedside at Jefferson Community Health Center,” said Thomas G. Klopack, president and CEO of IntelliDOT. “Jefferson is proof that small critical access hospitals can economically achieve the same patient safety benefits as larger hospitals with IntelliDOT’s affordable and easily integrated system.”

The IntelliDOT System is a best-of-breed wireless, workflow manager that connects caregivers with the information systems they need at the point-of-care. Designed by nurses for nurses, the IntelliDOT System enables clinicians to perform safety checks and safely administer and document medications at the bedside using a lightweight, handheld device. The IntelliDOT System satisfies Joint Commission standards for patient identification and assures accuracy by verifying the five rights of medication administration: right medication, right dose, right route, right patient, right time; as well as ensuring required follow-up documentation, such as pain scale, is performed in a timely manner and accurately recorded.

 

About IntelliDOT Corporation
IntelliDOT is a leading provider of wireless, handheld, barcode point-of-care (BPOC) solutions that connect to any healthcare information system to improve patient safety and nurse workflow. When using IntelliDOT Bedside Medication Administration, nurses can easily manage all tasks associated with five rights medication administration safety checks and related documentation. Additional system modules that run on the same handheld device include: IntelliDOT Phlebotomy Specimen Collection™, IntelliDOT Blood Product Administration™, IntelliDOT Mother-Baby Breast Milk Matching™, and IntelliDOT Vital Signs Collection™. IntelliDOT was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in San Diego. More information can be found at www.intellidotcorp.com.

Except for the historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, risks and uncertainties associated with market acceptance of the CAREt System, whether the company will be successful in raising additional funds, the risk that sales of the CAREt System will not increase to target levels, and the effectiveness and marketability of healthcare information technologies, as well as other risks.

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