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[news 2005-2006]
Nova
Scotia hospitals adopt Kingston-developed patient waiting
list technology
For immediate release
May 20, 2005
KINGSTON, ON -- Halifax-area surgeons have taken a major
step towards improving access to care by understanding
and managing patient waiting times with the help of
a novel software tool developed and piloted at Kingston
General Hospital.
The Capital District Health Authority of Nova Scotia,
which includes the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences
Centre, the largest health sciences centre east of Montreal,
has just completed an agreement with AdapCS.Canada
Corp . of Kingston to purchase Axcess.RxT, a web-based
waiting list management tool. It will be deployed initially
at the QE II Health Sciences Centre in 66 surgical practices
across two hospitals. Further rollout is expected in
the future.
The unique software tool assists physicians in the preparation,
prioritization and selection and booking of patients
while enabling administrative staff to streamline patient
management processes, use and allocate 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.RxT was developed under the direction of Dr.
John Marshall, a long-time Kingston neurosurgeon and
past chief of staff of KGH, and John Lott, Director
of Information Analysis and Distribution for KGH. The
technology forms the basis of AdapCS Canada Corp. of
Kingston, which markets Axcess.RxT and other software
solutions and consulting services to the health care
sector.
PARTEQ Innovations, the technology transfer agent of
Kingston General Hospital, has filed for patent protection
on the waiting list technology and has licensed exclusive
rights for commercialization to AdapCS Canada. The technology
is currently in use at Kingston's KGH and Hotel Dieu
hospitals.
"This technology gives us the opportunity to be national
leaders in waiting list management," says Dr. Michael
Dunbar, assistant professor of surgery at Dalhousie
University. "We see Axcess.RxT 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
& 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."
"It is common knowledge that waiting list management
is a serious problem in the Canadian health-care system,"
says John Molloy, President & CEO of PARTEQ. "We
are delighted that the solution initially developed
at KGH will now begin to be used across the country
to address some of this problem. We hope this sale will
be followed by sales to other leading health-care providers."
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.
Contact:
Dr. John Marshall
President & CEO
AdapCS Canada Corp.
P: 613. 531. 3008
www.adapcscanada.com
Ronald F. Brown
Vice-President, Marketing & Sales
AdapCS Canada Corp.
P: 613. 531. 3008. x 306
www.adapcscanada.com
John Molloy,
President & CEO
PARTEQ Innovations
P: 613. 533. 2342
www.parteqinnovations.com
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