[news 2005-2006]

PARTEQ licensee AdapCS Canada Corp. wins KTC Award of Excellence

Feb. 11, 2006

For immediate release

KINGSTON, ON -- AdapCS Canada Corp., a Kingston-based healthcare informatics company, was honoured for Axcess.Rx, its novel wait list software technology, at the sixth annual Kingston Technology Awards of Excellence gala, held Saturday, Feb. 11.

AdapCS received the Emerging Technology Award, given in recognition of a product, service, or process with the greatest potential for benefit.

Axcess.Rx was developed under the direction of Dr. Marshall, a longtime neurosurgeon, John Lott, Director of Information Analysis and Distribution for KGH, and Jonathan Bennett, a systems programmer analyst at KGH, under a grant from the Ontario Hospital Association's Change Foundation.

The software suite enables physicians and hospitals to effectively manage patients waiting for services and to allocate resources appropriately. 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.

Axcess.Rx is currently in use in two Canadian provinces. Kingston General Hospital and Hotel Dieu hospitals in Kingston, Lennox and Addington County General Hospital in Napanee, and the Hospitals of the Capital District Health Authority in Nova Scotia use Axcess.Rx, which connects with existing Admissions Discharge and Transfer (ADT), scheduling, and Electronic Health Record systems.

“We are delighted with this recognition,” says Dr. John Marshall, President and CEO of AdapCS Canada. “The software, designed to solve data and management problems for hospitals, does so by leveraging and improving the processes of care and enlisting the support and cooperation of physicians and other care givers – a relatively novel approach. We could not have achieved this without the support and encouragement of both Kingston General Hospital and PARTEQ Innovations,” he says.

“Developing a product for, and selling into, hospital systems is very difficult, with very long lead times,” says John Molloy, President and CEO of PARTEQ. “During this struggle to break into new markets it is therefore very encouraging for the entrepreneurial team at AdapCS to realize that their efforts are recognized within the community. Solutions to address wait list problems are critical, and we are very pleased that AdapCS is making such progress in this area.”

AdapCS Canada was selected by a panel of judges from the venture capital and technology sectors in Ottawa, Toronto and Guelph. This year's honour was the seventh garnered by a PARTEQ-supported technology since the Awards of Excellence program began in 2001.

Contact:
John Molloy

President & CEO
613. 533. 6000 ext. 77478
jmolloy@parteqinnovations.com

John Marshall, President & CEO

AdapCS Canada Corp.

613. 531-3008

jmarshall@adapcscanada.com

www.adapcscanada.com

About the Kingston Technology Council:
The Kingston Technology Council promotes the creation, growth and profitability of high technology enterprises in the Kingston region. A not-for-profit volunteer organization since 1991, the Kingston Technology Council provides a cohesive voice and source of focused community action to help grow the high-tech business sector in Kingston.
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